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How many pages is The Canterville Ghost?

The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde has a median of 72 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 64 to 108 pages.

Median pages
72
13 editions counted
Range
36–126
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
20k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Canterville Ghost take you?

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Reading time
1 h 16 min
At 30 min a day
3 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.

5010019251950197520001906: 123 pages1965: 64 pages1970: 64 pages1979: 80 pages1982: 72 pages1986: 36 pages1987: 64 pages1997: 126 pages2006: 108 pages2006: 108 pages2006: 96 pages2006: 68 pages2007: 52 pagesmedian 72
50100195020001906: 123 pages1965: 64 pages1970: 64 pages1979: 80 pages1982: 72 pages1986: 36 pages1987: 64 pages1997: 126 pages2006: 108 pages2006: 108 pages2006: 96 pages2006: 68 pages2007: 52 pagesmedian 72
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 138 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2007Book JunglePaperback52OL12558109M
2006AegypanHardcover108OL12495887M
2006AegypanPaperback108OL8898404M
2006LogoreciPaperback96OL61444779M
2006Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo LibraryPaperback68OL8962982M
1997Candlewick Press–126OL991870M
1987Oxford University Press–64OL14957754M
1986Picture Book Studio–36OL2715170M

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Questions

How many pages is The Canterville Ghost?
About 72 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 36 to 126 pages.
How long does it take to read The Canterville Ghost?
About 1 h 16 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 3 days.
How many words is The Canterville Ghost?
Roughly 20,000 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)).