Book · by Daniel Defoe
How many pages is Robinson Crusoe?
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe has a median of 287 pages across 828 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 236 to 362 pages.
Median pages
287
828 editions counted
Range
127–608
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page
How long will Robinson Crusoe take you?
Reading time
5 h 04 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 298 | 22 | 5 h 16 min |
| Paperback | 306 | 28 | 5 h 24 min |
| Mass market | 352 | 3 | 6 h 12 min |
Editions counted
The 828 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 163 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 2,420 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Basilisk Press | – | 180 | OL3910904M |
| 1978 | Paddington Press : distributed by Grosset & Dunlap | – | 325 | OL4551572M |
| 1977 | Playmore, Inc. | – | 230 | OL15305776M |
| 1977 | Franklin Library | – | 374 | OL4579927M |
| 1976 | The Easton Press | – | 299 | OL18203457M |
| 1976 | Hart Pub. Co. | – | 494 | OL5211109M |
| 1976 | The Easton Press | – | 299 | OL17722272M |
| 1975 | Collins | – | 478 | OL19738354M |
| 1975 | Norton | – | 399 | OL5066635M |
| 1974 | AMS Press | – | 319 | OL5051890M |
| 1974 | AMS Press | – | 342 | OL5051886M |
| 1974 | AMS Press | – | 328 | OL5051889M |
| 1974 | Purnell | – | 394 | OL4163752M |
| 1973 | Collins | – | 478 | OL19738337M |
| 1972 | Oxford University Press | – | 316 | OL24799745M |
| 1972 | Dutton Everyman's Library | – | 432 | OL7591946M |
| 1972 | Oxford University Press | – | 316 | OL16986585M |
| 1970 | Cliffs Notes | – | 275 | OL7539753M |
| 1970 | Heron Books | – | 476 | OL4060252M |
| 1970 | Abbey Classics | – | 198 | OL59020942M |
| 1968 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 252 | OL5600776M |
| 1968 | Nonesuch P. | – | 281 | OL5611583M |
| 1968 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 416 | OL5601092M |
| 1968 | – | – | 438 | OL58643864M |
| 1968 | houghton mifflin company | – | 274 | OL58923041M |
| 1966 | Penguin | – | 318 | OL6018135M |
| 1966 | University Microfilms | – | 254 | OL5526641M |
| 1966 | Parents' Magazine's Cultural Institute | – | 285 | OL5913561M |
| 1966 | Penguin Books | – | 318 | OL5976833M |
| 1965 | penguin books | – | 322 | OL58645248M |
| 1965 | The Caxton Publishing Company Limited | – | 260 | OL58735088M |
| 1965 | Harper & Row | – | 298 | OL5938073M |
| 1965 | Harper Perennial Classic | – | 262 | OL59020933M |
| 1964 | Scholastic | – | 356 | OL26338896M |
| 1964 | Scholastic Book Services | – | 312 | OL23247416M |
| 1963 | J. M. Dent | – | 386 | OL18164037M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 348 | OL5856602M |
| 1962 | the macmillan company new york macmillan new york london | – | 366 | OL59020923M |
| 1961 | Signet Classics | – | 316 | OL7576997M |
| 1961 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 316 | OL44213677M |
| 1960 | Signet | – | 322 | OL59020945M |
| 1959 | Nelson Doubleday, Inc. | – | 166 | OL58704437M |
| 1959 | Noble and Noble | – | 608 | OL5790550M |
| 1957 | Scribner | – | 368 | OL6266341M |
| 1956 | – | – | 392 | OL58676101M |
| 1956 | Rand McNally | – | 382 | OL23267706M |
| 1954 | j. m. dent & sons ltd | – | 278 | OL59020927M |
| 1953 | Collins | – | 478 | OL14875545M |
| 1953 | Glasgow | – | 479 | OL13772803M |
| 1951 | Scott, Foresman | – | 303 | OL6091960M |
| 1951 | – | – | 390 | OL58689119M |
| 1950 | Oxford University Press | – | 394 | OL17606168M |
| 1948 | J.B. Lippincott Company | – | 309 | OL43825622M |
| 1948 | Oxford University Press, London | – | 372 | OL47842780M |
| 1948 | J.B. Lippincott Co. | – | 309 | OL6028185M |
| 1947 | Collins | – | 383 | OL17914921M |
| 1946 | Dodd, Mead | – | 425 | OL43822444M |
| 1946 | Doubleday and company, inc. | – | 397 | OL15320290M |
| 1946 | Dodd, Mead & Company | – | 425 | OL43822446M |
| 1946 | Dodd, Mead & co. | – | 425 | OL27926206M |
| 1946 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 371 | OL6504618M |
| 1946 | Doubleday | – | 397 | OL22363379M |
| 1946 | grosset &dunlap | – | 410 | OL59020941M |
| 1946 | World Pub. Co. | – | 287 | OL6498687M |
| 1946 | The World Publishing Company | – | 287 | OL43820057M |
| 1946 | World Pub. Co. | – | 287 | OL23248260M |
| 1946 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 378 | OL6504617M |
| 1945 | International Collectors Library | – | 420 | OL59020932M |
| 1945 | Dent | – | 432 | OL24218535M |
| 1945 | Doubleday Classics | – | 313 | OL43820050M |
| 1945 | The Peter Pauper press | – | 284 | OL16674173M |
| 1945 | J.M. Dent & Sons | – | 432 | OL18066025M |
| 1945 | Doubleday Classics | – | 313 | OL43820049M |
| 1945 | Doubleday Classics | – | 313 | OL15320377M |
| 1945 | French & European Pubns | Paperback | 400 | OL10458538M |
| 1945 | J.M. Dent & Sons Limited | – | 432 | OL43834369M |
| 1945 | Doubleday & company, inc. | – | 348 | OL59020947M |
| 1945 | Doubleday, Doran and company, inc. | – | 397 | OL22783262M |
| 1941 | Pub. for the Classics Club by W. J. Black | – | 296 | OL6431178M |
| 1940 | McKay | – | 368 | OL17639888M |
| 1937 | Oxford University Press | – | 394 | OL43822812M |
| 1937 | Consolidated Book Publishers | – | 326 | OL58728636M |
| 1937 | Spencer Press | – | 311 | OL6351727M |
| 1936 | D. Appleton-Century company, incorporated | – | 255 | OL6333250M |
| 1935 | The Saalfield Publishing Company | – | 250 | OL43831741M |
| 1934 | The Literary Guild Of America, Inc. | – | 382 | OL58688227M |
| 1932 | Rand McNally & Company | – | 382 | OL43833207M |
| 1931 | Dutton | – | 453 | OL6347237M |
| 1931 | Houghton Mifflin Co. | – | 336 | OL58543506M |
| 1930 | The Macmillan co. | – | 298 | OL6743816M |
| 1930 | Limited Editions Club | – | 382 | OL6755363M |
| 1930 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 418 | OL6748406M |
| 1930 | Saalfield Pub. Co. | – | 250 | OL61122394M |
| 1930 | Heritage Press | – | 299 | OL1921240M |
| 1929 | ward, lock & co,. limited | – | 346 | OL58631124M |
| 1929 | F. Etchells & Macdonald | – | 332 | OL6738917M |
| 1927 | Blackwell | – | 220 | OL21109323M |
| 1927 | Allyn and Bacon | – | 388 | OL6707445M |
| 1925 | The John C. Winston Company | – | 334 | OL47815211M |
| 1925 | Constable & Co. | – | 335 | OL14602752M |
| 1925 | the john c. winston company | – | 334 | OL59020938M |
| 1925 | holt, rinehart and winston | – | 298 | OL59020940M |
| 1925 | The John C. Winston Company | – | 301 | OL43820058M |
| 1925 | The John C. Winston Company | Hardcover | 301 | OL6684279M |
| 1925 | John C. Winston | – | 334 | OL59020948M |
| 1925 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 302 | OL59020943M |
| 1925 | – | – | 332 | OL58646564M |
| 1925 | Constable | – | 337 | OL6691757M |
| 1925 | The John C. Winston Company | – | 301 | OL43820060M |
| 1925 | The John C. Winston Company | – | 334 | OL58669179M |
| 1925 | Constable & Co. | – | 361 | OL14532461M |
| 1923 | Harper & Brothers | – | 362 | OL6659742M |
| 1922 | M. A. Donohue | – | 128 | OL15305869M |
| 1920 | H. Milford, Oxford University Press | – | 309 | OL6359415M |
| 1920 | Cosmopolitan Book Corp. | – | 368 | OL7073067M |
| 1920 | Cosmopolitan Book Corporation | – | 368 | OL6629308M |
| 1920 | Cosmopolitan book corporation | – | 368 | OL17780626M |
| 1920 | Ward, Lock & Co., Limited | – | 266 | OL58543605M |
| 1920 | G.W. Jacobs and Co. | – | 403 | OL24152177M |
| 1920 | Marcus Ward | – | 280 | OL58923007M |
| 1916 | Ginn | – | 360 | OL6591784M |
| 1916 | Ginn | – | 360 | OL14020370M |
| 1914 | Rand McNally | – | 382 | OL17018854M |
| 1913 | Scott, Foresman | – | 383 | OL6556520M |
| 1913 | G.W. Jacobs and Company | – | 403 | OL6560719M |
| 1911 | G.G. Harrap | – | 190 | OL14896985M |
| 1911 | H. Holt and company | – | 370 | OL61116692M |
| 1910 | DeWolfe & Fiske Co. | – | 328 | OL16890020M |
| 1909 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 435 | OL7012792M |
| 1908 | H. Altemus Company | – | 143 | OL6999718M |
| 1908 | Henry Altemus | – | 445 | OL23313000M |
| 1907 | George Gill & Sons, Ld. | – | 323 | OL43833804M |
| 1906 | J.M. Dent & Co. | – | 453 | OL18114719M |
| 1906 | J.M.Dent & Sons | – | 453 | OL32967115M |
| 1905 | Macmillan | – | 607 | OL17870066M |
| 1905 | Dent | – | 472 | OL7106511M |
| 1904 | C. Arthur Pearson | – | 500 | OL58923029M |
| 1904 | The Macmillian company | – | 219 | OL6948319M |
| 1903 | Dent | – | 245 | OL43825645M |
| 1903 | M.A. Donohue & Company | – | 176 | OL43833594M |
| 1902 | Houghton, Mifflin | – | 389 | OL58923058M |
| 1902 | G. Richards | – | 309 | OL18228274M |
| 1900 | McLoughlin Brothers | – | 158 | OL43828717M |
| 1900 | McLoughlin Bros. | – | 190 | OL22199342M |
| 1900 | Dodd, Mead and company | – | 538 | OL24151913M |
| 1900 | American Publishers Corp. | – | 472 | OL60965769M |
| 1900 | Brown Watson | – | 191 | OL27711073M |
| 1900 | G.N. Morang & Co. | – | 538 | OL53693469M |
| 1900 | Harper & Brothers | – | 362 | OL7205476M |
| 1900 | R. H. Russell | – | 362 | OL6775440M |
| 1900 | Harper | – | 362 | OL13539846M |
| 1900 | Walter Scott Publishing Company, Limited | – | 547 | OL43825935M |
| 1900 | G.H. Doran | – | 352 | OL7146765M |
| 1899 | Service & Paton | – | 446 | OL43822471M |
| 1899 | T. Y. Crowell | – | 353 | OL529269M |
| 1899 | Henry Altemus Co. | – | 160 | OL15319475M |
| 1898 | DeWolfe, Fiske & Company | – | 192 | OL43819966M |
| 1896 | Chatto & Windus | – | 563 | OL17911173M |
| 1896 | Donohue, Henneberry & Company | – | 176 | OL43833593M |
| 1895 | henry altemus | – | 196 | OL58670195M |
| 1895 | E. Nister | – | 328 | OL13493574M |
| 1895 | Maynard, Merrill & co. | – | 128 | OL6974614M |
| 1895 | J.M. Dent | – | 328 | OL17893053M |
| 1895 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 389 | OL15314134M |
| 1895 | George Routledge and Sons, Limited | – | 497 | OL43825786M |
| 1894 | Macmillan & Co. | – | 264 | OL571617M |
| 1893 | George Routledge and Sons, Limited | – | 566 | OL43823992M |
| 1892 | T. Fisher Unwin | – | 289 | OL17314199M |
| 1892 | Laird & Lee | – | 246 | OL43831874M |
| 1891 | George Routledge and Sons, Limited | – | 497 | OL43825785M |
| 1890 | Bliss, Sands, and Foster | – | 378 | OL7200300M |
| 1890 | George Routledge and Sons, Limited | – | 566 | OL43823991M |
| 1890 | George Routledge and Sons | – | 566 | OL43823994M |
| 1890 | Thomas Y. Crowell & Company | – | 472 | OL43822619M |
| 1890 | Frederick Warne and Company | – | 474 | OL43825759M |
| 1889 | Ginn & Company | – | 257 | OL43825633M |
| 1889 | Worthington Company | – | 176 | OL43833591M |
| 1888 | S.A. Maxwell & Company | – | 472 | OL43822657M |
| 1884 | D. Lothrop and Company | – | 555 | OL43825903M |
| 1884 | D. Lothrop and Company | – | 555 | OL6645813M |
| 1883 | E. Stock | – | 364 | OL16702612M |
| 1883 | John Hogg | – | 510 | OL43825845M |
| 1883 | George Bell and Sons | – | 328 | OL26308405M |
| 1883 | E. Stock | – | 399 | OL20581782M |
| 1883 | Ginn, Heath, & co. | – | 257 | OL6974615M |
| 1883 | Chatto & Windus | – | 563 | OL24143583M |
| 1882 | George Bell and Sons | – | 328 | OL43825968M |
| 1882 | George Bell and Sons | – | 328 | OL43825967M |
| 1882 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 607 | OL7218190M |
| 1882 | George Routledge and Sons | – | 161 | OL20004997M |
| 1881 | Frederick Warne and Company | – | 284 | OL43821229M |
| 1880 | Ward, Lock and Company | – | 312 | OL43819987M |
| 1880 | Albert Cogswell, publisher | – | 472 | OL43820257M |
| 1880 | De Wolfe, Fiske & Company, publishers | – | 312 | OL43820254M |
| 1880 | George Routledge and Sons | – | 566 | OL43823943M |
| 1880 | Cassell, Petter, and Galpin | – | 394 | OL13497621M |
| 1880 | Henry Lea | – | 496 | OL43822585M |
| 1880 | Ward, Lock, and Co. | – | 384 | OL18329816M |
| 1880 | Oliver and Boyd | – | 247 | OL43831888M |
| 1879 | George Routledge and Sons | – | 566 | OL43819994M |
| 1876 | Marcus Ward & Company | – | 528 | OL43820071M |
| 1875 | World Publishing House | – | 475 | OL43820734M |
| 1874 | T. Nelson and Sons | – | 593 | OL43821995M |
| 1873 | S.W. Partridge & Company | – | 332 | OL43822241M |
| 1873 | Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger | – | 251 | OL43831770M |
| 1872 | Hubbard Bros. | – | 528 | OL6974616M |
| 1872 | T. Nelson and Sons | – | 593 | OL58500363M |
| 1872 | Thompson & Thomas | – | 528 | OL22441410M |
| 1871 | – | – | 492 | OL27790915M |
| 1870 | Hurst & Company, publishers | – | 475 | OL43833618M |
| 1870 | Leavitt and Allen Bros. | – | 475 | OL4935881M |
| 1870 | Groombridge and Sons | – | 207 | OL43825769M |
| 1869 | Frederick Warne and Co., Bedford Street, Strand | – | 284 | OL30655407M |
| 1869 | Frederick Warne and Company | – | 284 | OL43819963M |
| 1869 | Frederick Warne and Company | – | 517 | OL43825874M |
| 1869 | George Routledge & Sons | – | 589 | OL43829155M |
| 1868 | Hurd and Houghton | – | 356 | OL24799184M |
| 1868 | Hurd and Houghton | – | 356 | OL6974617M |
| 1868 | Macmillan and co. | – | 607 | OL59999741M |
| 1868 | Frederick Warne & Company | – | 332 | OL43824846M |
| 1868 | Macmillan | – | 607 | OL24172971M |
| 1867 | Frederick Warne and Company | – | 333 | OL43822239M |
| 1867 | Darton and Hodge | – | 269 | OL43825458M |
| 1866 | Macmillan and Company | – | 607 | OL43820879M |
| 1865 | Henry Lea, 112 Fleet Street, E.C., and all booksellers | – | 495 | OL18434248M |
| 1865 | J.B. Lippincott & Company | – | 251 | OL43831820M |
| 1865 | Ward & Lock | – | 312 | OL43825988M |
| 1864 | T. Nelson and Sons | – | 593 | OL43820623M |
| 1864 | S.O. Beeton | – | 384 | OL43820261M |
| 1864 | Routledge, Warne, and Routledge | – | 497 | OL43819977M |
| 1864 | Routledge, Warne, & Routledge | – | 373 | OL43833050M |
| 1863 | Cassell, Petter & Galpin | – | 394 | OL7160228M |
| 1863 | S.O. Beeton | – | 384 | OL18328429M |
| 1862 | Bickers and Bush | – | 384 | OL13991940M |
| 1862 | Groombridge | – | 207 | OL61094758M |
| 1862 | S.O. Beeton | – | 384 | OL43820573M |
| 1860 | Published by U.P. James | – | 144 | OL43829237M |
| 1860 | T. Nelson and Sons | – | 593 | OL43824043M |
| 1860 | William and Robert Chambers | – | 592 | OL43833261M |
| 1859 | Bradley, Dayton & Company | – | 432 | OL43822408M |
| 1856 | Clark, Austin & Smith | – | 335 | OL43824780M |
| 1855 | G. Routledge & Company | – | 373 | OL43819970M |
| 1854 | Leary & Getz | – | 251 | OL43831738M |
| 1854 | Clark, Austin & Smith | – | 335 | OL43821238M |
| 1854 | Clark, Austin & Smith | – | 335 | OL59796360M |
| 1853 | D. Appleton & Co. | – | 492 | OL24172843M |
| 1853 | D. Appleton | – | 492 | OL6974612M |
| 1853 | Henry Carey Baird | – | 248 | OL43833256M |
| 1853 | George Routledge & Company | – | 599 | OL43821386M |
| 1852 | Henry C. Baird | – | 248 | OL43833255M |
| 1850 | Willoughby & Company | – | 486 | OL43825806M |
| 1850 | George Routledge and Company | – | 460 | OL43819990M |
| 1850 | Leavitt & Allen | – | 192 | OL43819986M |
| 1849 | Clark, Austin & Smith | – | 335 | OL43824778M |
| 1848 | Carey & Hart | – | 248 | OL31007060M |
| 1847 | James Burns | – | 363 | OL3664975M |
| 1846 | T. Nelson | – | 168 | OL43832461M |
| 1846 | Harvey and Darton | – | 236 | OL43819969M |
| 1843 | Edward C. Biddle | – | 191 | OL43831196M |
| 1843 | Edward C. Biddle | – | 191 | OL59905113M |
| 1842 | Harvey and Darton | – | 236 | OL43819982M |
| 1841 | D. Appleton & Company | – | 492 | OL43825773M |
| 1840 | Darton and Clark | – | 271 | OL43819985M |
| 1840 | Darton and Company | – | 269 | OL43821647M |
| 1836 | E. Kearny | – | 335 | OL43833168M |
| 1836 | J. Gladding | – | 134 | OL43826084M |
| 1836 | C. Wells | – | 335 | OL43833614M |
| 1835 | [s.n.] | – | 252 | OL58124737M |
| 1835 | Harper | – | 469 | OL15313057M |
| 1831 | [publisher not identified] | – | 235 | OL43819973M |
| 1829 | Thomas Kelly | – | 370 | OL43822949M |
| 1826 | John Harris | – | 170 | OL43819995M |
| 1826 | s.n. | – | 185 | OL20473032M |
| 1824 | W. Baynes | – | 528 | OL7062933M |
| 1823 | Printed by L. Cameron | – | 177 | OL23927647M |
| 1821 | J. Harris and Son | – | 176 | OL43820317M |
| 1818 | [publisher not identified] | – | 242 | OL43833170M |
| 1815 | Printed by J. Gold ... and published by Joseph Mawman | – | 579 | OL15108121M |
| 1815 | Printed by J. Gold ... and published by Joseph Mawman ... | – | 579 | OL18754438M |
| 1810 | Published and sold by the booksellers, and by T. Wilson and | – | 264 | OL24140442M |
| 1808 | W. Suttaby, Crosby & Company & Scatcherd & Letterman | – | 604 | OL43825927M |
| 1806 | Printed & sold by F. Houlston & Son; sold also by Crosby and | – | 189 | OL14798736M |
| 1805 | Tabart & Company | – | 244 | OL43827080M |
| 1805 | Printed by Warner & Hanna | – | 144 | OL23390383M |
| 1800 | A.L. Burt | – | 452 | OL14635142M |
| 1798 | Thomas Nelson And Sons Ltd | – | 360 | OL59004352M |
| 1794 | by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Faust's Statue No 45 Newbury | – | 231 | OL23312735M |
| 1792 | London printed, Philadelphia reprinted by Charles Cist ... | – | 160 | OL283479M |
| 1791 | Printed for William Coke, Leith | – | 336 | OL22464441M |
| 1789 | Printed and sold by Thomas B. Wait | – | 130 | OL23320703M |
| 1775 | W. Darling, and J. Donaldson, London | – | 324 | OL22152778M |
| 1770 | Printed for J. Fuller at No. 6, Ave-Maria Lane. | – | 144 | OL23361148M |
| 1752 | Printed for C. Hitch at the Red-Lyon ... R. Ware at the Bibl | – | 154 | OL23694354M |
| 1752 | Printed for C. Hitch, at the Red Lyon, in Pater-Noster-Row | – | 154 | OL23361149M |
| 1719 | W. Taylor | – | 384 | OL19658680M |
| 1719 | Printed for W. Taylor ... | – | 348 | OL16860091M |
| 1719 | blackie & son limited | – | 280 | OL59020935M |
| 1719 | Collins London and Glasgow | – | 482 | OL59021007M |
| 1719 | Printed for W. Taylor | – | 364 | OL13560645M |
| 1686 | Priory Books | – | 214 | OL58885210M |
Questions
- How many pages is Robinson Crusoe?
- About 287 pages: that is the median of 828 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 127 to 608 pages.
- How long does it take to read Robinson Crusoe?
- About 5 h 04 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
- How many words is Robinson Crusoe?
- Roughly 79,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).