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Book · by Peter Kropotkin · first published 1968

How many pages is The Conquest of Bread?

The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin has a median of 234 pages across 49 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 213 to 298 pages.

Median pages
234
49 editions counted
Range
122–454
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
64k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Conquest of Bread 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
4 h 30 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.

20040019251950197520001906: 299 pages1906: 299 pages1907: 310 pages1907: 281 pages1907: 281 pages1913: 298 pages1913: 299 pages1913: 298 pages1926: 214 pages1926: 214 pages1926: 214 pages1927: 214 pages1927: 214 pages1927: 234 pages1942: 150 pages1968: 298 pages1968: 298 pages1970: 299 pages1970: 299 pages1970: 298 pages1972: 234 pages1972: 235 pages1985: 213 pages1985: 213 pages1989: 281 pages1990: 235 pages1990: 214 pages2003: 316 pages2007: 296 pages2007: 224 pages2007: 296 pages2009: 174 pages2014: 270 pages2014: 192 pages2015: 221 pages2015: 200 pages2015: 180 pages2016: 264 pages2016: 218 pages2017: 374 pages2017: 210 pages2017: 132 pages2018: 122 pages2018: 186 pages2018: 454 pages2018: 248 pages2019: 188 pages2020: 157 pagesmedian 234
200400195020001906: 299 pages1906: 299 pages1907: 310 pages1907: 281 pages1907: 281 pages1913: 298 pages1913: 299 pages1913: 298 pages1926: 214 pages1926: 214 pages1926: 214 pages1927: 214 pages1927: 214 pages1927: 234 pages1942: 150 pages1968: 298 pages1968: 298 pages1970: 299 pages1970: 299 pages1970: 298 pages1972: 234 pages1972: 235 pages1985: 213 pages1985: 213 pages1989: 281 pages1990: 235 pages1990: 214 pages2003: 316 pages2007: 296 pages2007: 224 pages2007: 296 pages2009: 174 pages2014: 270 pages2014: 192 pages2015: 221 pages2015: 200 pages2015: 180 pages2016: 264 pages2016: 218 pages2017: 374 pages2017: 210 pages2017: 132 pages2018: 122 pages2018: 186 pages2018: 454 pages2018: 248 pages2019: 188 pages2020: 157 pagesmedian 234
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover26625 h 07 min
Paperback28155 h 25 min

Editions counted

The 49 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 4 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 151 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Independently Published–157OL41812923M
2019Primedia eLaunch LLC–188OL29943845M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–122OL54719857M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–186OL56843288M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–454OL56727520M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–248OL56810639M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–374OL55129813M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–210OL54794467M

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Questions

How many pages is The Conquest of Bread?
About 234 pages: that is the median of 49 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 122 to 454 pages.
How long does it take to read The Conquest of Bread?
About 4 h 30 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is The Conquest of Bread?
Roughly 64,000 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)).