Book · by Ben Jonson · first published 1903
How many pages is The Alchemist?
The Alchemist by Ben Jonson has a median of 208 pages across 94 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 157 to 264 pages.
Median pages
208
94 editions counted
Range
96–446
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
57k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Alchemist take you?
Reading time
3 h 40 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 94 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 9 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 200 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 264 | OL56739952M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 168 | OL55600678M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 208 | OL56356729M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 264 | OL56744746M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 264 | OL56154737M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 168 | OL56061661M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 254 | OL56177106M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 196 | OL56050317M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 176 | OL34039141M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 268 | OL55628257M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 168 | OL56520545M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 264 | OL55808712M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 264 | OL55983517M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 142 | OL55986645M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 168 | OL56351920M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 196 | OL56563389M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 446 | OL56301334M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 256 | OL34043974M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 264 | OL56343097M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 260 | OL56344430M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 290 | OL56417561M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 174 | OL55788258M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 290 | OL55741095M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 102 | OL34033825M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 230 | OL56102384M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 254 | OL55914352M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 254 | OL55651448M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 192 | OL56010480M |
| 2014 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | – | 192 | OL34473453M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 204 | OL56162015M |
| 2007 | Gardners Books | Paperback | 264 | OL11676717M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 256 | OL12436363M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 256 | OL8877826M |
| 2006 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 268 | OL9717375M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish | Paperback | 288 | OL8538516M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 254 | OL11686146M |
| 2006 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 250 | OL11876563M |
| 2005 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 288 | OL8491987M |
| 2004 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 288 | OL11754399M |
| 2004 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 288 | OL8455026M |
| 2003 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 100 | OL8061474M |
| 1997 | Nick Hern Books | Paperback | 160 | OL8990256M |
| 1996 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 336 | OL7742663M |
| 1996 | Nick Hern Books | – | 142 | OL22287342M |
| 1995 | Cambridge University Press | – | 334 | OL547082M |
| 1991 | Norton | – | 156 | OL20049531M |
| 1991 | A & C Black | Paperback | 192 | OL7797537M |
| 1988 | Routledge | – | 240 | OL7481581M |
| 1988 | Black | – | 150 | OL21670431M |
| 1988 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 328 | OL56725441M |
| 1987 | H. Davidson | – | 116 | OL2380516M |
| 1987 | Methuen | – | 229 | OL2382288M |
| 1979 | Manchester University Press | – | 208 | OL1936249M |
| 1978 | Methuen | – | 180 | OL22341302M |
| 1974 | Yale University Press | Paperback | 246 | OL10317629M |
| 1974 | Methuen | – | 208 | OL5234567M |
| 1974 | Yale University Press | – | 246 | OL18743203M |
| 1974 | Yale University Press | – | 246 | OL5438078M |
| 1971 | Methuen | – | 180 | OL5318960M |
| 1970 | Scolar Press | – | 100 | OL14453665M |
| 1969 | University Tutorial P. | – | 223 | OL5516432M |
| 1968 | University of California Press | – | 163 | OL19359889M |
| 1968 | University of California Press | – | 163 | OL5636827M |
| 1968 | Oliver & Boyd | – | 163 | OL4359884M |
| 1967 | Methuen | – | 208 | OL5641967M |
| 1967 | Cambridge University Press | – | 153 | OL17316721M |
| 1967 | Methuen | – | 208 | OL13947513M |
| 1967 | Methuen | – | 208 | OL19359879M |
| 1967 | Cambridge U.P. | – | 153 | OL5603074M |
| 1967 | Macmillan | – | 170 | OL5658372M |
| 1967 | Harvard University Press | – | 208 | OL5595654M |
| 1966 | Benn | – | 150 | OL6014802M |
| 1965 | Yale University Press | Paperback | 224 | OL9356597M |
| 1965 | Barron's Educational Series | – | 138 | OL5953339M |
| 1965 | Hill and Wang | – | 150 | OL20935463M |
| 1963 | Librairie Universitaire | – | 299 | OL43728535M |
| 1963 | Kraus Reprint | – | 299 | OL19625020M |
| 1952 | University Press | – | 134 | OL15946642M |
| 1950 | Librairie universitaire | – | 299 | OL6091767M |
| 1947 | Harlan Davidson | Paperback | 116 | OL8179287M |
| 1947 | Appleton-Century-Crofts | – | 116 | OL19359870M |
| 1927 | Payson & Clarke | – | 100 | OL43271567M |
| 1927 | Noel Douglas | – | 98 | OL6715116M |
| 1927 | Payson & Clarke | – | 96 | OL6306734M |
| 1903 | H. Holt | – | 373 | OL24171601M |
| 1903 | De La More Press | – | 263 | OL20473883M |
| 1903 | The De La More Press | – | 232 | OL22844351M |
| 1903 | at the De La More Press ... | – | 232 | OL60693852M |
| 1903 | H. Holt | – | 373 | OL15946645M |
| 1791 | John Bell | – | 134 | OL17010509M |
| 1739 | Printed for D. Midwinter, J. and P. Knapton, H. Knaplock, A. | – | 107 | OL59132341M |
| 1732 | Printed for J. Walthoe, G. Conyers, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, | – | 96 | OL60489844M |
| 1705 | H. Hills | – | 96 | OL40205375M |
| 1680 | Printed and sold by H. Hills ... | – | 96 | OL59062160M |
Questions
- How many pages is The Alchemist?
- About 208 pages: that is the median of 94 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 96 to 446 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Alchemist?
- About 3 h 40 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
- How many words is The Alchemist?
- Roughly 57,000 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)).