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Book · by Lucy Maud Montgomery · first published 1989

How many pages is The Blue Castle?

The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery has a median of 257 pages across 37 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 218 to 264 pages.

Median pages
257
37 editions counted
Range
177–352
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
71k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Blue Castle 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
4 h 32 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200300194019601980200020201926: 309 pages1926: 309 pages1926: 264 pages1926: 326 pages1940: 309 pages1947: 264 pages1972: 264 pages1980: 321 pages1988: 218 pages1988: 217 pages1989: 224 pages1989: 260 pages1989: 260 pages1989: 218 pages2006: 272 pages2010: 230 pages2014: 352 pages2014: 247 pages2019: 320 pages2020: 217 pages2020: 217 pages2020: 256 pages2020: 217 pages2020: 177 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 220 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 214 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 264 pages2021: 212 pages2021: 218 pagesmedian 257
200300195020001926: 309 pages1926: 309 pages1926: 264 pages1926: 326 pages1940: 309 pages1947: 264 pages1972: 264 pages1980: 321 pages1988: 218 pages1988: 217 pages1989: 224 pages1989: 260 pages1989: 260 pages1989: 218 pages2006: 272 pages2010: 230 pages2014: 352 pages2014: 247 pages2019: 320 pages2020: 217 pages2020: 217 pages2020: 256 pages2020: 217 pages2020: 177 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 220 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 214 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 218 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 257 pages2021: 264 pages2021: 212 pages2021: 218 pagesmedian 257
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover24524 h 19 min
Paperback27234 h 48 min

Editions counted

The 37 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 299 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Independently Published–257OL34261768M
2021Independently Published–220OL34252853M
2021Independently Published–257OL34347964M
2021Independently Published–257OL34314453M
2021Independently Published–214OL34201054M
2021Independently Published–257OL34288533M
2021Independently Published–218OL34279982M
2021Independently Published–257OL34294054M

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Questions

How many pages is The Blue Castle?
About 257 pages: that is the median of 37 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 177 to 352 pages.
How long does it take to read The Blue Castle?
About 4 h 32 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is The Blue Castle?
Roughly 71,000 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)).