Book · by William Shakespeare · first published 1734
How many pages is The Comedy of Errors?
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare has a median of 106 pages across 173 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 82 to 140 pages.
Median pages
106
173 editions counted
Range
53–232
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
29k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Comedy of Errors take you?
Reading time
1 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
4 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.
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 | 138 | 3 | 2 h 26 min |
| Paperback | 108 | 17 | 1 h 54 min |
Editions counted
The 173 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 18 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 718 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 78 | OL34261302M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 60 | OL34305875M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 135 | OL34335432M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 138 | OL34261818M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 101 | OL34310351M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 108 | OL30053623M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 132 | OL30275843M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 132 | OL30030217M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 164 | OL30025331M |
| 2020 | Sweet Cherry Publishing | – | 64 | OL28060385M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 81 | OL30336393M |
| 2020 | Sweet Cherry Publishing | – | 64 | OL28060386M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 94 | OL30225162M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 110 | OL29897113M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 81 | OL30338893M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 107 | OL29866822M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 75 | OL29909047M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 78 | OL56753883M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 110 | OL56761021M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 74 | OL56817181M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 130 | OL56620687M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 108 | OL56724555M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 100 | OL55754515M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 76 | OL56845141M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 102 | OL56358052M |
| 2018 | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | paperback | 102 | OL32869345M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 138 | OL56700347M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 84 | OL56834220M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 78 | OL55753556M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 104 | OL56657297M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 60 | OL56720445M |
| 2018 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 128 | OL30587845M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 78 | OL54758981M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 82 | OL56678981M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 78 | OL56649929M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 92 | OL54755597M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 82 | OL56065101M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 82 | OL56676488M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 60 | OL56520366M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 98 | OL55079226M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 106 | OL56441966M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 66 | OL56173422M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 60 | OL54911580M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 136 | OL55565059M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 88 | OL29719720M |
| 2015 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 224 | OL28533784M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 88 | OL29781404M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 200 | OL34030811M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 70 | OL55304712M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 86 | OL55302858M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 58 | OL56473266M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 88 | OL29725341M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 88 | OL29725195M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 70 | OL55651297M |
| 2012 | Sweet Cherry Publishing | – | 64 | OL31915864M |
| 2011 | Modern Library | – | 146 | OL25011873M |
| 2009 | Cambridge University Press | – | 125 | OL25562575M |
| 2009 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 70 | OL54275480M |
| 2007 | FQ Classics | Paperback | 120 | OL12502514M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 116 | OL7652916M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 108 | OL7652872M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 128 | OL8965217M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 140 | OL7652833M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 92 | OL8963319M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 108 | OL7652958M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 104 | OL7652943M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 106 | OL10416682M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 104 | OL7653011M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 116 | OL9539814M |
| 2005 | SparkNotes | Paperback | 163 | OL8428732M |
| 2004 | Cambridge University Press | – | 131 | OL3382358M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 104 | OL8472665M |
| 2002 | Dover Publications | – | 53 | OL3560521M |
| 2002 | Signet Classic | – | 174 | OL3954632M |
| 2002 | Oxford University Press | – | 232 | OL3561628M |
| 2000 | Applause Books | Paperback | 68 | OL9621254M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | – | 79 | OL6887182M |
| 1999 | Wordsworth Editions | Paperback | 112 | OL8978599M |
| 1999 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 79 | OL60465972M |
| 1998 | Arden Shakespeare | – | 176 | OL7381607M |
| 1998 | Applause | – | 68 | OL16936104M |
| 1996 | Pocket Books | – | 216 | OL24505273M |
| 1992 | Cambridge University Press | – | 124 | OL1547383M |
| 1990 | Hyperion Books | Hardcover | 138 | OL9363417M |
| 1989 | New American Library | – | 194 | OL2065573M |
| 1988 | Cambridge University Press | – | 115 | OL2393715M |
| 1988 | Bantam Books | – | 121 | OL2394467M |
| 1987 | University Press of America | – | 94 | OL2729391M |
| 1986 | Penguin Books | – | 194 | OL58770916M |
| 1986 | Signet Classics | – | 176 | OL7576953M |
| 1986 | Signet Classics | – | 208 | OL7577050M |
| 1981 | Penguin Classics | – | 192 | OL7357290M |
| 1980 | Penguin | – | 189 | OL17911397M |
| 1972 | Penguin | – | 190 | OL18814408M |
| 1971 | Cornmarket Press | – | 86 | OL4608941M |
| 1969 | Clarendon P. | – | 189 | OL5512649M |
| 1969 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 156 | OL7716742M |
| 1969 | Folic Society | – | 77 | OL5463863M |
| 1968 | Gloucester | Paperback | 88 | OL10634960M |
| 1968 | Funk & Wagnalls | – | 93 | OL5599485M |
| 1968 | Methuen | – | 117 | OL52385558M |
| 1968 | Cambridge U.P. | – | 125 | OL5672724M |
| 1968 | Funk & Wagnalls | – | 93 | OL5597549M |
| 1968 | Arden Shakespeare | – | 176 | OL7481158M |
| 1966 | Blaisdell Pub. Co. | – | 71 | OL5998048M |
| 1965 | Yale University Press | – | 96 | OL32087373M |
| 1965 | New American Library | – | 176 | OL5976474M |
| 1965 | New American Library | – | 176 | OL32087375M |
| 1965 | New American Library | – | 176 | OL26571056M |
| 1964 | Washington Square Press | – | 77 | OL24751731M |
| 1964 | Penguin Books | – | 98 | OL5909072M |
| 1964 | Penguin Books | – | 98 | OL15952240M |
| 1964 | Dutton | – | 85 | OL23264779M |
| 1964 | Pocket Books | – | 77 | OL26337468M |
| 1964 | Pocket Books | – | 77 | OL26889614M |
| 1964 | Penguin Classics | – | 124 | OL7357401M |
| 1963 | Washington Square Press | – | 204 | OL58770882M |
| 1963 | Washington Square Press | – | 77 | OL5903467M |
| 1963 | Harvard University Press | – | 117 | OL27789946M |
| 1962 | University Press | – | 73 | OL5866899M |
| 1962 | Arden | – | 172 | OL7498965M |
| 1962 | Methuen | – | 117 | OL26571055M |
| 1962 | Methuen | – | 117 | OL61198810M |
| 1962 | University Press | – | 125 | OL15952303M |
| 1962 | University Press | – | 125 | OL5866927M |
| 1962 | University Press | – | 73 | OL43766389M |
| 1962 | Shakespeare Recording Society | – | 66 | OL28034281M |
| 1962 | Methuen | – | 117 | OL16517853M |
| 1962 | Methuen | – | 117 | OL23319173M |
| 1955 | Penguin Books | – | 96 | OL18140692M |
| 1948 | J.M. Dent & Sons, ltd. | – | 85 | OL26983662M |
| 1940 | Methuen | – | 184 | OL13716259M |
| 1934 | J.M. Dent & sons, ltd. | – | 85 | OL6317077M |
| 1934 | Dent | – | 106 | OL43743328M |
| 1933 | Methuen | – | 184 | OL15952223M |
| 1928 | Heath | – | 145 | OL15952206M |
| 1928 | Heath | – | 145 | OL6718982M |
| 1926 | Yale University Press; [etc., etc.] | – | 96 | OL6688689M |
| 1926 | Methuen | – | 184 | OL15952218M |
| 1926 | Yale University Press | Hardcover | 96 | OL23770271M |
| 1926 | Allyn and Bacon | – | 143 | OL6693776M |
| 1922 | The University Press | – | 127 | OL6657722M |
| 1922 | University Press | – | 127 | OL14001227M |
| 1912 | Doubleday, Page & company | – | 166 | OL6553220M |
| 1912 | Macmillan | – | 92 | OL6540978M |
| 1912 | Doubleday, Page | – | 166 | OL7078696M |
| 1912 | Macmillan Co. | – | 92 | OL7134312M |
| 1912 | Doubleday, Page | – | 188 | OL58591798M |
| 1908 | Chatto and Windus | – | 55 | OL16472965M |
| 1907 | Blackie | – | 92 | OL61228321M |
| 1907 | Methuen | – | 184 | OL13489076M |
| 1907 | Methuen | – | 184 | OL7103223M |
| 1905 | American Book Company | – | 209 | OL32220682M |
| 1905 | American Book Company | – | 209 | OL6950210M |
| 1904 | Dent | – | 93 | OL16337256M |
| 1904 | Gresham Publishing | – | 92 | OL18057409M |
| 1903 | T. Y. Crowell & co. | – | 183 | OL6933974M |
| 1901 | The University Society Publishers | – | 108 | OL53634775M |
| 1901 | D. C. Heath & co. | – | 80 | OL6927135M |
| 1901 | University Society | – | 108 | OL23289506M |
| 1898 | American Book Company | – | 153 | OL14636904M |
| 1894 | J. M. Dent | – | 94 | OL16475639M |
| 1894 | The Shakespeare Society of New York | – | 113 | OL21246937M |
| 1894 | J.M. Dent | – | 94 | OL25261653M |
| 1893 | G.P. Putnam | – | 134 | OL44949041M |
| 1890 | The Mershon co. | – | 192 | OL60651025M |
| 1890 | Harper & brothers | – | 153 | OL24171372M |
| 1881 | Harper & brothers | – | 153 | OL24875132M |
| 1881 | Harper & brothers | – | 153 | OL6637193M |
| 1824 | printed for Longman, Husrt, Rees, Orme, and Brown | – | 63 | OL59154907M |
| 1819 | S. Low | – | 86 | OL7244153M |
| 1810 | printed for Longman, Husrt, Rees, and Orme | – | 63 | OL61333323M |
| 1734 | Printed for Jacob Tonson, and the rest of the Proprietors | – | 72 | OL58595222M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Comedy of Errors?
- About 106 pages: that is the median of 173 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 53 to 232 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Comedy of Errors?
- About 1 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
- How many words is The Comedy of Errors?
- Roughly 29,000 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)).