Book · by H. G. Wells
How many pages is The Island of Dr. Moreau?
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells has a median of 168 pages across 101 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 142 to 184 pages.
Median pages
168
101 editions counted
Range
90–289
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
46k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Island of Dr. Moreau take you?
Reading time
2 h 58 min
At 30 min a day
6 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.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 178 | 4 | 3 h 08 min |
| Paperback | 140 | 10 | 2 h 29 min |
| Mass market | 160 | 2 | 2 h 49 min |
Editions counted
The 101 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 299 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Fox Eye Publishing | Paperback | 145 | OL51284593M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL34257057M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 151 | OL34284445M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 156 | OL34279179M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL34334075M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34204364M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 205 | OL34312830M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34313004M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34209173M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 136 | OL34261490M |
| 2021 | West Margin Press | – | 120 | OL33905532M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34309714M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 205 | OL34312576M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34233594M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 159 | OL34293127M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 136 | OL34155389M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34296666M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 115 | OL34206494M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34233715M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34266743M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 190 | OL34291646M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 90 | OL34209882M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34207479M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 190 | OL34340522M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 156 | OL34361585M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34198759M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34222829M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 152 | OL34292592M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL34203938M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL30034070M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL30328985M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 171 | OL30336796M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 171 | OL29954146M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 129 | OL34260657M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 221 | OL30355175M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL30351485M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 94 | OL29956166M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL30201766M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 136 | OL30333973M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL30053584M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL29912723M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 119 | OL30218333M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 119 | OL30275458M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL30329695M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL30324666M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 229 | OL34324487M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL30031139M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL30322501M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL30320214M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 142 | OL34155276M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 168 | OL29864256M |
| 2019 | Beehive Books | – | 156 | OL28707455M |
| 2018 | Alma Classics | – | 160 | OL29372466M |
| 2018 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 224 | OL34111263M |
| 2017 | Penguin Random House | – | 160 | OL28608699M |
| 2015 | [publisher not identified] | – | 139 | OL32110500M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 152 | OL28485697M |
| 2010 | Gollancz | – | 186 | OL24846922M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 138 | OL9744172M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 130 | OL9493474M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 284 | OL11826600M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 284 | OL11826601M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 108 | OL8411839M |
| 2006 | Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library | Paperback | 92 | OL8963237M |
| 2005 | Penguin | – | 139 | OL17172674M |
| 2005 | Signet Classics | – | 224 | OL3396036M |
| 2005 | Penguin Classics | – | 176 | OL7359936M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Hardcover | 184 | OL11823327M |
| 2004 | 1st World Library | Paperback | 182 | OL8881717M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 137 | OL31641536M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | 172 | OL7978838M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press | Paperback | 172 | OL7978769M |
| 2003 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 143 | OL7789300M |
| 2002 | Modern Library | – | 206 | OL3569865M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 132 | OL8402679M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 132 | OL11644577M |
| 1998 | Transaction Publishers | – | 168 | OL687977M |
| 1996 | Dover Publications | – | 104 | OL797411M |
| 1996 | Penguin Group | – | 218 | OL26288265M |
| 1996 | Modern Library | – | 185 | OL979827M |
| 1996 | Tor Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 160 | OL9490426M |
| 1996 | McFarland | – | 289 | OL806421M |
| 1996 | Orion Media(imprint of Orion Books) | – | 129 | OL32786638M |
| 1994 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 160 | OL7820533M |
| 1993 | J.M. Dent | – | 137 | OL1157536M |
| 1993 | University of Georgia Press | – | 239 | OL1727193M |
| 1981 | R. Bentley | – | 219 | OL4092112M |
| 1978 | Bantam Books | – | 157 | OL24502570M |
| 1978 | Chivers | – | 216 | OL22380783M |
| 1977 | New American Library | – | 138 | OL24752998M |
| 1977 | Signet Classics | – | 218 | OL7576970M |
| 1977 | New American Library | – | 138 | OL24641431M |
| 1975 | Pan Books | – | 142 | OL21274055M |
| 1970 | W. Heinemann | – | 175 | OL18906869M |
| 1964 | Penguin Books | – | 191 | OL21123890M |
| 1960 | Heinemannn | – | 176 | OL22215276M |
| 1946 | Penguin Books | – | 151 | OL21025707M |
| 1921 | Duffield | – | 249 | OL17549939M |
| 1900 | Readers Library | – | 251 | OL20933402M |
| 1896 | Stone & Kimball | – | 249 | OL7038266M |
| – | Today | – | 234 | OL16159822M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Island of Dr. Moreau?
- About 168 pages: that is the median of 101 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 90 to 289 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Island of Dr. Moreau?
- About 2 h 58 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
- How many words is The Island of Dr. Moreau?
- Roughly 46,000 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)).