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Book · by Edgar Allan Poe · first published 2004

How many pages is The Masque of the Red Death?

The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe has a median of 30 pages across 38 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 26 to 46 pages.

Median pages
30
38 editions counted
Range
16–65
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
8k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Masque of the Red Death 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
32 min
At 30 min a day
2 days
At 1 hour a day
1 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

204060194019601980200020201923: 17 pages1969: 65 pages1982: 48 pages1991: 32 pages2004: 16 pages2014: 24 pages2014: 28 pages2014: 24 pages2014: 26 pages2014: 28 pages2015: 24 pages2015: 28 pages2016: 26 pages2016: 28 pages2016: 60 pages2016: 28 pages2016: 26 pages2016: 26 pages2017: 62 pages2017: 26 pages2017: 60 pages2017: 24 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 32 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 28 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2020: 52 pages2020: 24 pages2020: 24 pagesmedian 30
204060195020001923: 17 pages1969: 65 pages1982: 48 pages1991: 32 pages2004: 16 pages2014: 24 pages2014: 28 pages2014: 24 pages2014: 26 pages2014: 28 pages2015: 24 pages2015: 28 pages2016: 26 pages2016: 28 pages2016: 60 pages2016: 28 pages2016: 26 pages2016: 26 pages2017: 62 pages2017: 26 pages2017: 60 pages2017: 24 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 32 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 28 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2018: 46 pages2020: 52 pages2020: 24 pages2020: 24 pagesmedian 30
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 38 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 85 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020American Academic Press–52OL56879710M
2020Independently Published–24OL29890865M
2020Independently Published–24OL30030636M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–46OL56722409M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–46OL56734742M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–46OL56083330M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–46OL56535265M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–46OL56320693M

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Questions

How many pages is The Masque of the Red Death?
About 30 pages: that is the median of 38 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 16 to 65 pages.
How long does it take to read The Masque of the Red Death?
About 32 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 Masque of the Red Death?
Roughly 8,000 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)).