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How many pages is Story of a New Name?

Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante has a median of 476 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 471 to 480 pages.

Median pages
476
6 editions counted
Range
471–729
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
131k
at 275 words per page
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How long will Story of a New Name take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
8 h 23 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

5006007002015201620172018201920202015: 480 pages2016: 471 pages2016: 729 pages2019: 480 pages2020: 471 pages2020: 471 pagesmedian 475
5006007002016201820202015: 480 pages2016: 471 pages2016: 729 pages2019: 480 pages2020: 471 pages2020: 471 pagesmedian 475
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 24 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Europa Editions, Incorporated–471OL30176532M
2020Europa Editions, Incorporated–471OL33791098M
2019Europa Editions, Incorporated–480OL28913772M
2016Europa EditionsPaperback471OL26085982M
2016Thorndike Presshardcover729OL28653693M
2015Text Publishing Company–480OL28564549M

Questions

How many pages is Story of a New Name?
About 476 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 471 to 729 pages.
How long does it take to read Story of a New Name?
About 8 h 23 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is Story of a New Name?
Roughly 131,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).