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How many pages is The Crucible?

The Crucible by Arthur Miller has a median of 147 pages across 32 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 139 to 152 pages.

Median pages
147
32 editions counted
Range
95–223
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
40k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
2 h 35 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1001502001960198020001953: 152 pages1953: 126 pages1953: 145 pages1954: 166 pages1956: 143 pages1959: 139 pages1959: 145 pages1964: 152 pages1965: 145 pages1966: 149 pages1967: 139 pages1968: 126 pages1968: 127 pages1972: 152 pages1972: 152 pages1974: 117 pages1977: 152 pages1982: 95 pages1982: 152 pages1982: 152 pages1986: 126 pages1986: 145 pages1993: 139 pages1994: 160 pages1995: 176 pages2002: 163 pages2003: 143 pages2003: 143 pages2005: 223 pages2010: 160 pages2016: 152 pages2019: 160 pagesmedian 147
100150200197520001953: 152 pages1953: 126 pages1953: 145 pages1954: 166 pages1956: 143 pages1959: 139 pages1959: 145 pages1964: 152 pages1965: 145 pages1966: 149 pages1967: 139 pages1968: 126 pages1968: 127 pages1972: 152 pages1972: 152 pages1974: 117 pages1977: 152 pages1982: 95 pages1982: 152 pages1982: 152 pages1986: 126 pages1986: 145 pages1993: 139 pages1994: 160 pages1995: 176 pages2002: 163 pages2003: 143 pages2003: 143 pages2005: 223 pages2010: 160 pages2016: 152 pages2019: 160 pagesmedian 147
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
Hardcover15282 h 41 min
Paperback14882 h 36 min

Editions counted

The 32 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 6 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 83 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2019Oxford University PressPaperback160OL28708557M
2016Penguin Bookspaperback152OL27444213M
2010Bloomsbury Publishing Plc–160OL29005446M
2005Philipp ReclamPaperback223OL9019061M
2003Penguin BooksPaperback143OL31443293M
2003Penguin Books–143OL21769722M
2002Penguin BooksHardcover163OL3581113M
1995Penguin BooksPaperback176OL32030533M

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Questions

How many pages is The Crucible?
About 147 pages: that is the median of 32 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 95 to 223 pages.
How long does it take to read The Crucible?
About 2 h 35 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is The Crucible?
Roughly 40,000 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)).