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How many pages is The Glass Menagerie?

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams has a median of 115 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 76 to 124 pages.

Median pages
115
25 editions counted
Range
64–162
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
32k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Glass Menagerie 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
2 h 02 min
At 30 min a day
5 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.

501001501960198020001945: 124 pages1945: 115 pages1948: 64 pages1948: 95 pages1948: 70 pages1949: 124 pages1963: 74 pages1966: 124 pages1966: 162 pages1968: 76 pages1968: 76 pages1970: 115 pages1970: 115 pages1970: 115 pages1970: 115 pages1975: 70 pages1976: 70 pages1987: 139 pages1987: 137 pages1988: 96 pages1990: 147 pages1999: 105 pages1999: 105 pages2000: 116 pagesmedian 115
501001501960198020001945: 124 pages1945: 115 pages1948: 64 pages1948: 95 pages1948: 70 pages1949: 124 pages1963: 74 pages1966: 124 pages1966: 162 pages1968: 76 pages1968: 76 pages1970: 115 pages1970: 115 pages1970: 115 pages1970: 115 pages1975: 70 pages1976: 70 pages1987: 139 pages1987: 137 pages1988: 96 pages1990: 147 pages1999: 105 pages1999: 105 pages2000: 116 pagesmedian 115
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Paperback11552 h 02 min
Mass market13822 h 26 min

Editions counted

The 25 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 56 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2000Methuen DramaPaperback116OL7480344M
1999Tandem LibrarySchool & Library Binding105OL7973483M
1999New DirectionsPaperback105OL23243494M
1990Philipp Reclam jun.Taschenbuch147OL53628234M
1988Penguin USA (P)–96OL7347737M
1987New American LibraryMass Market Paperback139OL16661490M
1987SignetMass Market Paperback137OL7572964M
1976Dramatists Play Service Inc.Paperback70OL20073854M

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Questions

How many pages is The Glass Menagerie?
About 115 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 64 to 162 pages.
How long does it take to read The Glass Menagerie?
About 2 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is The Glass Menagerie?
Roughly 32,000 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)).