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How many pages is The Edible Woman?

The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood has a median of 287 pages across 20 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 281 to 312 pages.

Median pages
287
20 editions counted
Range
281–386
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Edible Woman 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
5 h 04 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

300350400197019801990200020101969: 281 pages1969: 281 pages1969: 281 pages1969: 281 pages1973: 281 pages1973: 281 pages1976: 287 pages1978: 294 pages1980: 281 pages1986: 281 pages1989: 287 pages1989: 319 pages1991: 295 pages1996: 310 pages1997: 281 pages1998: 386 pages1998: 310 pages1999: 330 pages2010: 352 pages2012: 368 pagesmedian 287
300350400198020001969: 281 pages1969: 281 pages1969: 281 pages1969: 281 pages1973: 281 pages1973: 281 pages1976: 287 pages1978: 294 pages1980: 281 pages1986: 281 pages1989: 287 pages1989: 319 pages1991: 295 pages1996: 310 pages1997: 281 pages1998: 386 pages1998: 310 pages1999: 330 pages2010: 352 pages2012: 368 pagesmedian 287
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 20 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 67 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Little, Brown Book Group Limited–368OL33431378M
2010McClelland & Stewart–352OL28758021M
1999McClelland and Stewart–330OL20655997M
1998Seal Books–386OL18447690M
1998Anchor Books–310OL699416M
1997Virago–281OL21431495M
1996Bantam Books–310OL795456M
1991BantamMass Market Paperback295OL7825462M

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Questions

How many pages is The Edible Woman?
About 287 pages: that is the median of 20 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 281 to 386 pages.
How long does it take to read The Edible Woman?
About 5 h 04 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Edible Woman?
Roughly 79,000 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)).