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Book · by Mary Stewart · first published 1980

How many pages is The Ivy Tree?

The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart has a median of 320 pages across 13 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 272 to 400 pages.

Median pages
320
13 editions counted
Range
223–634
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 Ivy Tree 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.

200400600197019801990200020101961: 272 pages1961: 335 pages1961: 272 pages1962: 223 pages1962: 320 pages1963: 272 pages1971: 320 pages1975: 634 pages1981: 272 pages1994: 502 pages2001: 400 pages2007: 223 pages2011: 480 pagesmedian 320
200400600198020001961: 272 pages1961: 335 pages1961: 272 pages1962: 223 pages1962: 320 pages1963: 272 pages1971: 320 pages1975: 634 pages1981: 272 pages1994: 502 pages2001: 400 pages2007: 223 pages2011: 480 pagesmedian 320
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 13 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 33 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Hodder & Stoughton–480OL29014969M
2007Independent Pub Group–223OL23110291M
2001HarperTorch–400OL7435676M
1994Remploy Press–502OL17351484M
1981Fawcett–272OL7567643M
1975Ulverscroft–634OL22915601M
1971M.S. Mill Company and William Morrow & Company–320OL40234125M
1963Fawcett Publications–272OL15572503M

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Questions

How many pages is The Ivy Tree?
About 320 pages: that is the median of 13 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 223 to 634 pages.
How long does it take to read The Ivy Tree?
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 Ivy Tree?
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)).