Book · by Charlotte Brontë
How many pages is Shirley?
Shirley by Charlotte Brontë has a median of 623 pages across 106 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 514 to 710 pages.
Median pages
623
106 editions counted
Range
312–922
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
11h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
171k
at 275 words per page
How long will Shirley take you?
Reading time
10 h 59 min
At 30 min a day
22 days
At 1 hour a day
11 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 | 584 | 3 | 10 h 18 min |
| Paperback | 528 | 5 | 9 h 18 min |
Editions counted
The 106 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 7 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 536 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 770 | OL34302681M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 770 | OL34282378M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 789 | OL34175223M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 770 | OL34206880M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 789 | OL34233042M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 770 | OL34253121M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 336 | OL34198547M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 789 | OL34335373M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 770 | OL34346335M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 789 | OL34217587M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 789 | OL34208001M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 532 | OL34172705M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 772 | OL34308633M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 586 | OL29894712M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 787 | OL34195330M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 789 | OL34169958M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 789 | OL34284618M |
| 2018 | Bollinger, Max | – | 522 | OL33320688M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 588 | OL34043534M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 582 | OL34526675M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 625 | OL34070008M |
| 2014 | Bollinger, Max | – | 522 | OL34507638M |
| 2014 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 625 | OL34064741M |
| 2014 | Trajectory, Incorporated | – | 603 | OL34525679M |
| 2013 | Books on Demand | – | 696 | OL33297346M |
| 2012 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 482 | OL34470706M |
| 2012 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 720 | OL34461522M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 712 | OL34467557M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 610 | OL34468731M |
| 2012 | Wilder Publications, Incorporated | – | 506 | OL33286361M |
| 2011 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 552 | OL34460800M |
| 2011 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 534 | OL34460804M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 590 | OL34436179M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 716 | OL34455380M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 550 | OL34448858M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 602 | OL34436424M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 734 | OL34450401M |
| 2010 | Kennebec Large Print | – | 799 | OL27127350M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 718 | OL34445113M |
| 2010 | General Books LLC | – | 392 | OL34445360M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 722 | OL34445933M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 396 | OL34432115M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 454 | OL34432116M |
| 2009 | Digireads.com Publishing | – | 356 | OL34414253M |
| 2009 | ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited | – | 488 | OL34461139M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 434 | OL34431553M |
| 2008 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | – | 312 | OL34422013M |
| 2008 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | – | 312 | OL34426012M |
| 2008 | Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf | – | 922 | OL18566092M |
| 2007 | Classic Books | Library Binding | 740 | OL10722124M |
| 2007 | Oxford University Press | – | 572 | OL17229136M |
| 2006 | Penguin Classics | – | 624 | OL7359928M |
| 2006 | Penguin | – | 664 | OL17210011M |
| 2006 | Pomona Press | Paperback | 652 | OL11680694M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | 528 | OL7978870M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 600 | OL8472129M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press | Paperback | 528 | OL7978711M |
| 2001 | University of Michigan Library | Hardcover | 584 | OL11766283M |
| 1999 | Little, Brown & Company (Canada) | – | 592 | OL34407026M |
| 1999 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 324 | OL9488529M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 718 | OL7384020M |
| 1998 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 496 | OL8978442M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 684 | OL34496470M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 684 | OL469955M |
| 1997 | Modern Library | – | 656 | OL664389M |
| 1985 | Penguin | – | 662 | OL13938568M |
| 1985 | Hodder & Stoughton | – | 512 | OL34407043M |
| 1983 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 768 | OL7383628M |
| 1981 | Oxford University Press | – | 684 | OL22424801M |
| 1979 | Clarendon Press | – | 835 | OL4739721M |
| 1974 | Oxford University Press | – | 645 | OL14637540M |
| 1974 | Penguin Books | – | 622 | OL5104070M |
| 1973 | AMS Press | – | 666 | OL5412156M |
| 1969 | Oxford University Press | – | 645 | OL43726859M |
| 1968 | Folio Society | – | 488 | OL22121610M |
| 1965 | Dent | – | 511 | OL43133610M |
| 1963 | Collins | – | 510 | OL26571141M |
| 1962 | Dent | – | 511 | OL26571140M |
| 1953 | Collins | – | 510 | OL14875543M |
| 1949 | Allan Wingate | – | 624 | OL22119773M |
| 1944 | J.M. Dent | – | 511 | OL18141269M |
| 1935 | J.M. Dent & sons, ltd. | – | 511 | OL6347268M |
| 1924 | Oxford University Press | – | 645 | OL14260658M |
| 1922 | J. M. Dent & Sons | – | 511 | OL26576337M |
| 1922 | J.M. Dent & Sons ltd. | – | 511 | OL6492762M |
| 1920 | J.M. Dent & co. | – | 710 | OL16273383M |
| 1910 | Smith, Elder | – | 666 | OL16219567M |
| 1908 | Dent | – | 511 | OL23754880M |
| 1908 | J.M. Dent & co. | – | 710 | OL20050669M |
| 1908 | Dent | – | 710 | OL16006819M |
| 1907 | Thomas Nelson | – | 642 | OL26207324M |
| 1900 | Harper & brothers | – | 666 | OL6545975M |
| 1899 | Harper | – | 666 | OL14041976M |
| 1899 | Smith, Elder | – | 666 | OL22121656M |
| 1899 | Harper | – | 666 | OL18033953M |
| 1899 | Harper | – | 666 | OL23332328M |
| 1899 | C.C. Bigelow & Co. | – | 666 | OL24171932M |
| 1864 | Carleton | – | 572 | OL45068930M |
| 1857 | Derby & Jackson | – | 572 | OL18024984M |
| 1856 | Harper & Brothers | – | 572 | OL45068929M |
| 1850 | Harper & brothers | – | 572 | OL18504549M |
| 1850 | Harper & Brothers | – | 572 | OL18049245M |
| 1849 | Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill | – | 320 | OL24336421M |
| – | Collins'Clear-Type Press | Maroon leather with gilt signature "CBr | 584 | OL20935090M |
| – | Thomas Y. Crowell & company | – | 505 | OL27793949M |
| – | T.Y. Crowell & Company | – | 505 | OL20051650M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Shirley?
- About 623 pages: that is the median of 106 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 312 to 922 pages.
- How long does it take to read Shirley?
- About 10 h 59 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 22 days.
- How many words is Shirley?
- Roughly 171,000 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)).