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How many pages is The Great Divorce?

The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis has a median of 128 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 120 to 133 pages.

Median pages
128
14 editions counted
Range
118–160
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.5h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
35k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Great Divorce take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
2 h 28 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.

1201401601960198020001945: 118 pages1946: 133 pages1946: 118 pages1946: 118 pages1946: 133 pages1952: 118 pages1952: 133 pages1961: 133 pages1963: 128 pages1978: 128 pages1996: 125 pages2000: 128 pages2001: 160 pages2007: 160 pagesmedian 128
1201401601950197520001945: 118 pages1946: 133 pages1946: 118 pages1946: 118 pages1946: 133 pages1952: 118 pages1952: 133 pages1961: 133 pages1963: 128 pages1978: 128 pages1996: 125 pages2000: 128 pages2001: 160 pages2007: 160 pagesmedian 128
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 34 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2007HarperSanFrancisco–160OL38243730M
2001HarperSanFranciscoPaperback160OL6789549M
2000Broadman & Holman PubPaperback128OL7934971M
1996Simon & Schuster–125OL974830M
1978Scribner Paper FictionMass Market Paperback128OL9220038M
1963Macmillan Co.–128OL14816512M
1961Macmillan Co.–133OL13526107M
1952Bles–118OL15444095M

More by C. S. Lewis

All 21 books by C. S. Lewis with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Great Divorce?
About 128 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 118 to 160 pages.
How long does it take to read The Great Divorce?
About 2 h 28 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is The Great Divorce?
Roughly 35,000 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)).