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How many pages is The House of the Dead?

The House of the Dead by Fiódor Dostoievski has a median of 320 pages across 54 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 284 to 361 pages.

Median pages
320
54 editions counted
Range
247–400
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.6h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
88k
at 275 words per page

How long will The House of the Dead 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 38 min
At 30 min a day
12 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.

2503003504001900195020001881: 361 pages1900: 368 pages1911: 308 pages1911: 368 pages1911: 368 pages1914: 368 pages1915: 284 pages1915: 276 pages1915: 284 pages1915: 276 pages1923: 284 pages1929: 368 pages1931: 284 pages1933: 368 pages1948: 277 pages1950: 340 pages1950: 277 pages1950: 340 pages1950: 277 pages1954: 277 pages1955: 277 pages1955: 277 pages1956: 249 pages1956: 294 pages1957: 277 pages1957: 277 pages1958: 340 pages1961: 277 pages1962: 308 pages1962: 308 pages1962: 308 pages1965: 361 pages1965: 361 pages1970: 308 pages1970: 308 pages1979: 320 pages1982: 320 pages1982: 360 pages1982: 360 pages1983: 366 pages1983: 320 pages1987: 362 pages1989: 341 pages2001: 366 pages2001: 400 pages2004: 247 pages2004: 384 pages2007: 380 pages2013: 344 pages2015: 311 pages2022: 384 pagesmedian 320
2503003504001900195020001881: 361 pages1900: 368 pages1911: 308 pages1911: 368 pages1911: 368 pages1914: 368 pages1915: 284 pages1915: 276 pages1915: 284 pages1915: 276 pages1923: 284 pages1929: 368 pages1931: 284 pages1933: 368 pages1948: 277 pages1950: 340 pages1950: 277 pages1950: 340 pages1950: 277 pages1954: 277 pages1955: 277 pages1955: 277 pages1956: 249 pages1956: 294 pages1957: 277 pages1957: 277 pages1958: 340 pages1961: 277 pages1962: 308 pages1962: 308 pages1962: 308 pages1965: 361 pages1965: 361 pages1970: 308 pages1970: 308 pages1979: 320 pages1982: 320 pages1982: 360 pages1982: 360 pages1983: 366 pages1983: 320 pages1987: 362 pages1989: 341 pages2001: 366 pages2001: 400 pages2004: 247 pages2004: 384 pages2007: 380 pages2013: 344 pages2015: 311 pages2022: 384 pagesmedian 320
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 3 editions 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
Hardcover35026 h 10 min
Paperback38436 h 46 min

Editions counted

The 54 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 103 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2022Book brother Ltd.Paperback384OL52889501M
2015Knopf–311OL27179036M
2013Eerdmanspaperback344OL27583403M
2007Kessinger Publishing, LLCHardcover380OL10508872M
2004Dover Publications–247OL3693603M
2004Kessinger PublishingPaperback384OL11764488M
2001Oxford University Press–366OL3581875M
2001Oxford University Press, USA–400OL7384307M

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Questions

How many pages is The House of the Dead?
About 320 pages: that is the median of 54 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 247 to 400 pages.
How long does it take to read The House of the Dead?
About 5 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is The House of the Dead?
Roughly 88,000 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)).