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Book · by Edgar Allan Poe · first published 1965

How many pages is The Fall of the House of Usher?

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe has a median of 36 pages across 90 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 28 to 51 pages.

Median pages
36
90 editions counted
Range
24–68
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
10k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Fall of the House of Usher take you?

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Reading time
38 min
At 30 min a day
2 days
At 1 hour a day
1 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

204060194019601980200020201928: 50 pages1928: 50 pages1930: 68 pages1931: 31 pages1979: 60 pages1985: 32 pages1988: 47 pages1997: 56 pages2005: 48 pages2006: 48 pages2014: 36 pages2014: 54 pages2014: 42 pages2014: 26 pages2014: 28 pages2014: 24 pages2014: 34 pages2014: 24 pages2015: 30 pages2015: 25 pages2015: 28 pages2015: 38 pages2015: 32 pages2015: 26 pages2015: 26 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 30 pages2016: 38 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 24 pages2016: 36 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 24 pages2016: 56 pages2017: 26 pages2017: 36 pages2017: 24 pages2017: 54 pages2017: 30 pages2017: 32 pages2017: 36 pages2017: 24 pages2017: 32 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 36 pages2017: 32 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 44 pages2017: 48 pages2017: 36 pages2017: 24 pages2017: 26 pages2017: 30 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 32 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 24 pages2017: 32 pages2018: 24 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 28 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 44 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 24 pages2018: 38 pages2018: 26 pages2018: 24 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 44 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 34 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 44 pages2018: 66 pages2018: 36 pages2018: 24 pages2018: 44 pages2020: 42 pages2021: 51 pages2024: 26 pagesmedian 36
204060195020001928: 50 pages1928: 50 pages1930: 68 pages1931: 31 pages1979: 60 pages1985: 32 pages1988: 47 pages1997: 56 pages2005: 48 pages2006: 48 pages2014: 36 pages2014: 54 pages2014: 42 pages2014: 26 pages2014: 28 pages2014: 24 pages2014: 34 pages2014: 24 pages2015: 30 pages2015: 25 pages2015: 28 pages2015: 38 pages2015: 32 pages2015: 26 pages2015: 26 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 30 pages2016: 38 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 24 pages2016: 36 pages2016: 56 pages2016: 24 pages2016: 56 pages2017: 26 pages2017: 36 pages2017: 24 pages2017: 54 pages2017: 30 pages2017: 32 pages2017: 36 pages2017: 24 pages2017: 32 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 36 pages2017: 32 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 44 pages2017: 48 pages2017: 36 pages2017: 24 pages2017: 26 pages2017: 30 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 32 pages2017: 28 pages2017: 24 pages2017: 32 pages2018: 24 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 28 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 44 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 24 pages2018: 38 pages2018: 26 pages2018: 24 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 44 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 34 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 52 pages2018: 44 pages2018: 66 pages2018: 36 pages2018: 24 pages2018: 44 pages2020: 42 pages2021: 51 pages2024: 26 pagesmedian 36
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 90 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 8 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 237 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2024Blurb–26OL57618734M
2021Independently Published–51OL34123760M
2020American Academic Press–42OL56888081M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–24OL55754559M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–52OL56429427M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–52OL56775882M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–28OL56594844M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–52OL55830359M

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Questions

How many pages is The Fall of the House of Usher?
About 36 pages: that is the median of 90 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 24 to 68 pages.
How long does it take to read The Fall of the House of Usher?
About 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
How many words is The Fall of the House of Usher?
Roughly 10,000 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)).