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Book · by Betty Neels · first published 2002

How many pages is The Course of True Love?

The Course of True Love by Betty Neels has a median of 219 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 187 to 224 pages.

Median pages
219
9 editions counted
Range
186–288
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Course of True Love 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
3 h 52 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.

200250300199019952000200520101988: 187 pages1988: 288 pages1988: 187 pages1993: 192 pages1999: 219 pages2002: 224 pages2007: 283 pages2011: 186 pages2012: 220 pagesmedian 219
2002503001990200020101988: 187 pages1988: 288 pages1988: 187 pages1993: 192 pages1999: 219 pages2002: 224 pages2007: 283 pages2011: 186 pages2012: 220 pagesmedian 219
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 13 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited–220OL29127347M
2011Harlequin–186OL25248386M
2007Ulverscroft Large PrintHardcover283OL9307016M
2002Harlequin–224OL7417382M
1999Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited–219OL28951462M
1993Mills& Boon–192OL17456473M
1988Mills & Boon–187OL19047900M
1988MacMillan Publishing CompanyHardcover288OL9571025M

More by Betty Neels

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Questions

How many pages is The Course of True Love?
About 219 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 186 to 288 pages.
How long does it take to read The Course of True Love?
About 3 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The Course of True Love?
Roughly 60,000 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)).