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How many pages is The Birth of Tragedy?

The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche has a median of 194 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 136 to 223 pages.

Median pages
194
14 editions counted
Range
92–236
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.7h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Birth of Tragedy 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
3 h 44 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.

10015020025019401960198020001923: 194 pages1923: 194 pages1923: 194 pages1967: 223 pages1967: 223 pages1967: 223 pages1974: 194 pages1995: 92 pages2000: 224 pages2003: 120 pages2006: 123 pages2007: 236 pages2007: 104 pages2008: 173 pagesmedian 194
100150200250195020001923: 194 pages1923: 194 pages1923: 194 pages1967: 223 pages1967: 223 pages1967: 223 pages1974: 194 pages1995: 92 pages2000: 224 pages2003: 120 pages2006: 123 pages2007: 236 pages2007: 104 pages2008: 173 pagesmedian 194
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 61 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2008Oxford University Press–173OL23184599M
2007Book JunglePaperback236OL8877930M
2007NuVision PublicationsPaperback104OL8882335M
2006Barnes & Noble–123OL23579149M
2003Penguin–120OL22485314M
2000Oxford University Press, USA–224OL7383991M
1995Dover Publications–92OL1278267M
1974Gordon Press–194OL5249413M

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Questions

How many pages is The Birth of Tragedy?
About 194 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 92 to 236 pages.
How long does it take to read The Birth of Tragedy?
About 3 h 44 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The Birth of Tragedy?
Roughly 53,000 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)).