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Book · by Mary Stewart · first published 1974

How many pages is The Crystal Cave?

The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart has a median of 480 pages across 17 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 464 to 521 pages.

Median pages
480
17 editions counted
Range
384–662
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
132k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Crystal Cave take you?

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Reading time
8 h 28 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400500600700197019801990200020101970: 464 pages1970: 521 pages1970: 521 pages1970: 384 pages1970: 529 pages1971: 384 pages1973: 464 pages1975: 550 pages1982: 662 pages1989: 384 pages1989: 548 pages1990: 384 pages1991: 464 pages1996: 520 pages2003: 494 pages2006: 464 pages2012: 480 pagesmedian 480
400500600700198020001970: 464 pages1970: 521 pages1970: 521 pages1970: 384 pages1970: 529 pages1971: 384 pages1973: 464 pages1975: 550 pages1982: 662 pages1989: 384 pages1989: 548 pages1990: 384 pages1991: 464 pages1996: 520 pages2003: 494 pages2006: 464 pages2012: 480 pagesmedian 480
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 17 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 37 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Hodder & Stoughton–480OL29070184M
2006HodderPaperback464OL10677119M
2003Eos–494OL3565666M
1996Fawcett Columbine–520OL1024941M
1991Coronet BooksPaperback464OL10623724M
1990Ballantine Books–384OL14721387M
1989Fawcett–384OL24374407M
1989Chivers Press–548OL19112662M

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Questions

How many pages is The Crystal Cave?
About 480 pages: that is the median of 17 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 384 to 662 pages.
How long does it take to read The Crystal Cave?
About 8 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
How many words is The Crystal Cave?
Roughly 132,000 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)).