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How many pages is The French Lieutenant's Woman?

The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles has a median of 424 pages across 22 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 367 to 467 pages.

Median pages
424
22 editions counted
Range
366–518
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
116k
at 275 words per page

How long will The French Lieutenant's 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
7 h 28 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

350400450500197019801990200020101969: 454 pages1969: 467 pages1969: 371 pages1969: 366 pages1969: 480 pages1969: 486 pages1969: 366 pages1970: 445 pages1970: 366 pages1970: 366 pages1970: 366 pages1971: 399 pages1976: 402 pages1977: 399 pages1979: 489 pages1981: 366 pages1992: 399 pages1996: 445 pages1998: 467 pages2005: 445 pages2010: 480 pages2012: 518 pagesmedian 423
350400450500198020001969: 454 pages1969: 467 pages1969: 371 pages1969: 366 pages1969: 480 pages1969: 486 pages1969: 366 pages1970: 445 pages1970: 366 pages1970: 366 pages1970: 366 pages1971: 399 pages1976: 402 pages1977: 399 pages1979: 489 pages1981: 366 pages1992: 399 pages1996: 445 pages1998: 467 pages2005: 445 pages2010: 480 pages2012: 518 pagesmedian 423
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 22 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 79 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Vintage Books–518OL31920491M
2010Penguin Random House–480OL34449923M
2005Vintage–445OL28692518M
1998Back Bay Books–467OL447207M
1996Vintage–445OL28375064M
1992Picador–399OL22314401M
1981New American Library–366OL26334059M
1979Franklin Library–489OL4181779M

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Questions

How many pages is The French Lieutenant's Woman?
About 424 pages: that is the median of 22 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 366 to 518 pages.
How long does it take to read The French Lieutenant's Woman?
About 7 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is The French Lieutenant's Woman?
Roughly 116,000 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)).