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How many pages is Summer and Smoke?

Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams has a median of 95 pages across 15 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 82 to 128 pages.

Median pages
95
15 editions counted
Range
80–130
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.8h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
26k
at 275 words per page

How long will Summer and Smoke take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
1 h 50 min
At 30 min a day
4 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

801001201950196019701948: 130 pages1948: 95 pages1948: 130 pages1948: 130 pages1948: 130 pages1950: 82 pages1950: 82 pages1952: 95 pages1952: 95 pages1957: 80 pages1961: 127 pages1961: 127 pages1975: 82 pages1975: 82 pages1977: 82 pagesmedian 95
801001201950196019701948: 130 pages1948: 95 pages1948: 130 pages1948: 130 pages1948: 130 pages1950: 82 pages1950: 82 pages1952: 95 pages1952: 95 pages1957: 80 pages1961: 127 pages1961: 127 pages1975: 82 pages1975: 82 pages1977: 82 pagesmedian 95
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 15 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 20 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1977Dramatists Play Service–82OL19268341M
1975Dramatists Play Service–82OL26886708M
1975Dramatists Play Service–82OL27415684M
1961New American Library of Canada–127OL26571775M
1961New American Library of Canada–127OL21064574M
1957Secker & Warburg–80OL20310685M
1952Lehmann–95OL19948941M
1952J.Lehmann–95OL18926789M

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Questions

How many pages is Summer and Smoke?
About 95 pages: that is the median of 15 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 80 to 130 pages.
How long does it take to read Summer and Smoke?
About 1 h 50 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
How many words is Summer and Smoke?
Roughly 26,000 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)).