Book · by Thomas Hardy · first published 1920
How many pages is Tess of the D'Urbervilles?
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy has a median of 464 pages across 204 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 432 to 517 pages.
Median pages
464
204 editions counted
Range
244–652
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
128k
at 275 words per page
How long will Tess of the D'Urbervilles take you?
Reading time
8 h 11 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.
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 | 447 | 5 | 7 h 53 min |
| Paperback | 414 | 14 | 7 h 18 min |
Editions counted
The 204 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 6 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 747 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 528 | OL34184435M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 633 | OL34195235M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 543 | OL34165902M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 566 | OL34324379M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 566 | OL34195321M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 543 | OL34135809M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 566 | OL34328222M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 566 | OL34331620M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 420 | OL34249720M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 437 | OL34264492M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 543 | OL34280773M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 566 | OL34199500M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 541 | OL34302564M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 541 | OL34155047M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 566 | OL34213070M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 566 | OL34350680M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 543 | OL34205810M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 543 | OL34185449M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 567 | OL34235996M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 567 | OL34362773M |
| 2020 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 576 | OL28062162M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 412 | OL34192578M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 543 | OL29982946M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 404 | OL30218990M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 410 | OL29948183M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 351 | OL30323574M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 467 | OL30324476M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 475 | OL29999369M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 475 | OL30046535M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 525 | OL30215600M |
| 2020 | Enhanced Media | paperback | 320 | OL44874062M |
| 2020 | Aberdeen Press | – | 413 | OL34119884M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 475 | OL30207104M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 546 | OL34145275M |
| 2020 | Chiltern Publishing Ltd | – | 512 | OL29879636M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 404 | OL30274387M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 475 | OL30348362M |
| 2018 | Faber & Faber, Incorporated | – | 384 | OL28627800M |
| 2016 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 448 | OL29290476M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 433 | OL34038176M |
| 2015 | Random House Publishing Group | – | 480 | OL28503037M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 336 | OL34075094M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 502 | OL29779199M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 502 | OL29778814M |
| 2014 | First Avenue Editions, A division of Lerner Publishing Group | – | 496 | OL31020370M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 502 | OL29778808M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 506 | OL29272623M |
| 2014 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 336 | OL34043494M |
| 2013 | Start Publishing LLC | – | 366 | OL29667032M |
| 2013 | Oldcastle Books, Limited | – | 416 | OL28507941M |
| 2012 | Transatlantic Press | – | 509 | OL32146722M |
| 2012 | W.F. Howes | – | 652 | OL32357792M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 488 | OL28485698M |
| 2011 | Vintage Books | – | 464 | OL25172008M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 443 | OL23152215M |
| 2008 | Penguin Books | – | 391 | OL23153933M |
| 2008 | Penguin Random House | – | 480 | OL28453258M |
| 2008 | Vintage Books | Paperback | 280 | OL9983901M |
| 2008 | Crescent Moon Pub. | – | 458 | OL19063332M |
| 2008 | Penguin Classics | – | 517 | OL27115078M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 464 | OL28447316M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 444 | OL11652848M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 438 | OL11879106M |
| 2007 | Penguin | – | 484 | OL32146720M |
| 2007 | Aegypan | Hardcover | 364 | OL12557089M |
| 2007 | Aegypan | Paperback | 364 | OL12556932M |
| 2007 | Broadview Press | Paperback | 480 | OL8551542M |
| 2007 | Digireads.com | Paperback | 244 | OL11820601M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 390 | OL11879078M |
| 2007 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | 472 | OL11974444M |
| 2007 | Wildside Press | Paperback | 472 | OL11974443M |
| 2006 | Pocket Books | – | 536 | OL23856954M |
| 2006 | Book Sales | Hardcover | 493 | OL9082523M |
| 2006 | Signet Classics | – | 407 | OL7577384M |
| 2006 | Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library | Paperback | 480 | OL8964921M |
| 2006 | Signet Classics | – | 407 | OL17925163M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 544 | OL8870249M |
| 2005 | Oxford University Press | – | 494 | OL7384391M |
| 2005 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 527 | OL3697839M |
| 2005 | Oxford University Press | – | 544 | OL44576683M |
| 2004 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 526 | OL7604794M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 517 | OL3703021M |
| 2003 | Macmillan | Hardcover | 447 | OL10494066M |
| 2003 | Echo Library | Paperback | 588 | OL11915989M |
| 2002 | Penguin | – | 595 | OL31947364M |
| 2001 | Dover Publications | – | 321 | OL32147237M |
| 2001 | Dover Publications | – | 321 | OL6795637M |
| 2001 | Modern Library | – | 544 | OL7427450M |
| 2000 | Modern Library | – | 514 | OL6789240M |
| 1999 | Signet Classic | – | 407 | OL369217M |
| 1998 | Modern Library | – | 451 | OL22322654M |
| 1998 | Modern Library | – | 451 | OL22399015M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press, Incorporated | – | 450 | OL28536599M |
| 1998 | Penguin Books | – | 517 | OL76627M |
| 1998 | Bedford Books | – | 606 | OL710588M |
| 1998 | Washington Square Press | – | 446 | OL93797M |
| 1997 | Folio Society | – | 446 | OL44874349M |
| 1997 | Shi jie tu shu chu ban xi an gong si | – | 386 | OL40206280M |
| 1997 | NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company | Paperback | 384 | OL8978386M |
| 1996 | Broadview Press | – | 517 | OL16839699M |
| 1996 | Cambridge University Press | – | 448 | OL22640478M |
| 1995 | Courage Books | – | 528 | OL817744M |
| 1994 | Penguin Books | – | 507 | OL21283682M |
| 1993 | Everymans Library | – | 448 | OL7592622M |
| 1993 | New Windmill Classics | – | 447 | OL32146723M |
| 1993 | Longman | – | 541 | OL21257013M |
| 1993 | Barnes & Noble | – | 369 | OL26337453M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Editions | Paperback | 346 | OL8738534M |
| 1992 | Dent | – | 448 | OL21455097M |
| 1991 | Norton | – | 492 | OL2194492M |
| 1991 | Everyman's Library | – | 277 | OL844952M |
| 1991 | Knopf | – | 472 | OL1567473M |
| 1990 | Book-of-the-Month Club | – | 279 | OL13571366M |
| 1989 | New American Library | – | 429 | OL26339155M |
| 1988 | The Folio Society | – | 418 | OL22598963M |
| 1988 | Oxford University Press | – | 410 | OL2389326M |
| 1988 | Folio Society | – | 418 | OL22588789M |
| 1987 | Bantam Books | – | 414 | OL44578782M |
| 1987 | Marshall Cavendish Partworks | – | 516 | OL29292977M |
| 1985 | Penguin Books | – | 534 | OL44577990M |
| 1985 | Reader's Digest Association | – | 383 | OL23258286M |
| 1983 | Clarendon Press | – | 636 | OL3253749M |
| 1982 | Oxford University Press | – | 462 | OL44580743M |
| 1982 | Charnwood | – | 649 | OL22391156M |
| 1981 | Bantam | – | 414 | OL24382074M |
| 1981 | Bantam | – | 414 | OL16314644M |
| 1981 | Bantam | – | 414 | OL21523151M |
| 1980 | Perma-Bound | – | 432 | OL44509224M |
| 1980 | Tiger Books International | Hardcover | 352 | OL7764181M |
| 1980 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 355 | OL7465468M |
| 1980 | New American Library | – | 432 | OL22396907M |
| 1979 | Modern Library | – | 507 | OL26883660M |
| 1979 | Norton | – | 467 | OL4728897M |
| 1979 | W W Norton & Co Ltd | – | 467 | OL7452262M |
| 1979 | Modern Library | – | 507 | OL27458931M |
| 1978 | Penguin Books | – | 534 | OL13545048M |
| 1978 | Penguin Classics | – | 536 | OL7354725M |
| 1978 | Leisure Circle Library | – | 542 | OL44872864M |
| 1975 | Macmillan | – | 447 | OL21999522M |
| 1975 | Macmillan | – | 575 | OL5252852M |
| 1974 | Macmillan | – | 480 | OL5245669M |
| 1970 | Distributed by Heron Books | – | 507 | OL5733809M |
| 1969 | Washington Square Press | – | 432 | OL16261745M |
| 1968 | Macmillan of Canada | – | 448 | OL5615943M |
| 1968 | Odyssey Press | – | 448 | OL44575502M |
| 1965 | W. W. Norton | – | 464 | OL5949627M |
| 1965 | Macmillan | – | 446 | OL26572390M |
| 1965 | Macmillan | – | 446 | OL22396548M |
| 1965 | Macmillan | – | 446 | OL13979178M |
| 1965 | W.W. Norton | – | 464 | OL22157590M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 432 | OL24393202M |
| 1964 | Washington Square Press | – | 450 | OL44874263M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | – | 516 | OL5907331M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 432 | OL44872679M |
| 1963 | Macmillan | – | 537 | OL22396545M |
| 1963 | Macmillan | – | 446 | OL18618965M |
| 1962 | Laurel | – | 448 | OL44873378M |
| 1960 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 355 | OL17721617M |
| 1960 | Dodd, Mead | – | 446 | OL5801853M |
| 1960 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 355 | OL5790765M |
| 1960 | Macmillan | – | 507 | OL19815069M |
| 1960 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 355 | OL16976483M |
| 1960 | Macmillan | – | 507 | OL43775207M |
| 1959 | Macmillan | – | 537 | OL33035903M |
| 1959 | Macmillan | – | 537 | OL26536041M |
| 1958 | Collins | – | 448 | OL43775215M |
| 1958 | Macmillan | – | 446 | OL20428189M |
| 1957 | Macmillan & Co. Ltd. | – | 446 | OL44580937M |
| 1956 | Heritage Press | – | 447 | OL13815712M |
| 1956 | Limited Editions Club | – | 447 | OL6195038M |
| 1956 | Limited Editions Club | – | 447 | OL24584501M |
| 1956 | Heritage Press | – | 447 | OL22137054M |
| 1956 | Heritage Press | – | 447 | OL22783673M |
| 1954 | Pocket Books, Inc. | – | 430 | OL26572726M |
| 1951 | Modern Library | – | 507 | OL44581091M |
| 1951 | Modern Library | – | 507 | OL27929737M |
| 1951 | Modern Library | – | 507 | OL6087611M |
| 1950 | Harper & Brothers Publishers | – | 507 | OL44873253M |
| 1950 | Harper | – | 507 | OL6068248M |
| 1937 | Macmillan | – | 516 | OL20428194M |
| 1935 | Harper | – | 538 | OL43775170M |
| 1932 | Modern Library | – | 457 | OL6276468M |
| 1928 | Macmillan | – | 516 | OL43032612M |
| 1927 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 507 | OL24221561M |
| 1926 | Macmillan | – | 507 | OL22456480M |
| 1926 | Macmillan | – | 516 | OL43775227M |
| 1926 | Macmillan | – | 507 | OL22178259M |
| 1921 | Harper | – | 457 | OL7084937M |
| 1921 | Harper & Brothers | – | 457 | OL23334427M |
| 1921 | Harper & Brothers Publishers | – | 457 | OL44508792M |
| 1921 | A. L. Burt company | – | 457 | OL6654523M |
| 1919 | Modern Library | – | 457 | OL21417302M |
| 1919 | Modern Library | – | 457 | OL43775159M |
| 1913 | Nelson Doubleday | – | 369 | OL7240035M |
| 1905 | Harper | – | 457 | OL24174356M |
| 1905 | Harper | – | 457 | OL22178254M |
| 1901 | Harper & Bros. | – | 518 | OL6889137M |
| 1893 | Harper & Brothers | – | 457 | OL23347090M |
| 1893 | Harper & Brothers | – | 457 | OL6979631M |
| 1893 | Harper & brothers | – | 457 | OL23404492M |
| 1892 | Harper & Bros. | – | 455 | OL22185165M |
| 1892 | James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. | – | 519 | OL44943893M |
| 1892 | Osgood, McIlvaine | – | 519 | OL13492198M |
| 1892 | Harper & Bros. | – | 421 | OL19165907M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Tess of the D'Urbervilles?
- About 464 pages: that is the median of 204 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 244 to 652 pages.
- How long does it take to read Tess of the D'Urbervilles?
- About 8 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
- How many words is Tess of the D'Urbervilles?
- Roughly 128,000 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)).