Book · by Hans Christian Andersen · first published 1991
How many pages is The Little Mermaid?
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen has a median of 48 pages across 34 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 32 to 54 pages.
How long will The Little Mermaid take you?
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 | 32 | 5 | 34 min |
| Paperback | 48 | 7 | 51 min |
Editions counted
The 34 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 76 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | North-South Books, Incorporated | – | 48 | OL29862224M |
| 2020 | Steerforth Press | – | 64 | OL28915419M |
| 2019 | Hachette Children's Group | – | 32 | OL28704403M |
| 2016 | D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers | – | 96 | OL28607799M |
| 2006 | Usborne Books | Hardcover | 24 | OL7842042M |
| 2004 | Oberon Bokos Ltd. | Paperback | 64 | OL24602795M |
| 2000 | Putnam Juvenile | Paperback | 32 | OL7762427M |
| 1998 | Hyperion Books for Children | – | 64 | OL487700M |
| 1997 | Bluestar Communications | – | 27 | OL983784M |
| 1997 | Hyperion Books for Children | – | 64 | OL663296M |
| 1995 | Grange | – | 48 | OL21962219M |
| 1995 | Geddes & Grosset | – | 30 | OL22840100M |
| 1994 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 48 | OL10343694M |
| 1993 | Ladybird Books Ltd | Hardcover | 32 | OL9475993M |
| 1993 | Henry Holt | – | 48 | OL1725783M |
| 1993 | Publications International | Hardcover | 24 | OL11034638M |
| 1992 | Andrews and McMeel | – | 31 | OL1554204M |
| 1992 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 48 | OL7636670M |
| 1991 | Dawnsign Press | Hardcover | 36 | OL11412356M |
| 1991 | Scholastic | – | 33 | OL7540653M |
| 1990 | Golden Pr | Paperback | 48 | OL9556294M |
| 1989 | Golden Pr | Paperback | 24 | OL10326144M |
| 1984 | Picture Book Studio USA | – | 34 | OL2847348M |
| 1981 | Faber and Faber | – | 42 | OL3145651M |
| 1980 | Ladybird Books Ltd. | Hardcover | 51 | OL27826831M |
| 1971 | Harper & Row | – | 50 | OL5317871M |
| 1968 | Høst | – | 64 | OL5385198M |
| 1966 | World Pub. Co. | – | 30 | OL5984492M |
| 1964 | Høst & Søn | – | 64 | OL22858741M |
| 1960 | Forum Forlaget of Denmark | – | 33 | OL2635809M |
| 1959 | Høst | – | 64 | OL5809145M |
| 1939 | The Macmillan Company | – | 48 | OL6395160M |
| 1935 | Holiday House | – | 55 | OL6328331M |
| – | Golden Books | Paperback | 32 | OL10349053M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Little Mermaid?
- About 48 pages: that is the median of 34 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 24 to 96 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Little Mermaid?
- About 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
- How many words is The Little Mermaid?
- Roughly 13,000 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)).