Book · by Thomas Hardy
How many pages is The Mayor of Casterbridge?
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy has a median of 384 pages across 164 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 333 to 417 pages.
Median pages
384
164 editions counted
Range
192–776
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
106k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Mayor of Casterbridge take you?
Reading time
6 h 47 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 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 | 359 | 5 | 6 h 20 min |
| Paperback | 351 | 14 | 6 h 11 min |
Editions counted
The 164 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 11 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 676 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 477 | OL34283236M |
| 2021 | Digireads.com Publishing | – | 248 | OL37673738M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 472 | OL34304511M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 205 | OL34201291M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 426 | OL34241181M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 543 | OL30218908M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 546 | OL34218259M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 309 | OL30016686M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 255 | OL30055275M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 204 | OL41466135M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL55028208M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL55259792M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 574 | OL56119094M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL54913705M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 337 | OL34043503M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL55320104M |
| 2016 | Wentworth Press | hardcover | 436 | OL40266012M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL55790279M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 332 | OL56391958M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL55317482M |
| 2016 | Bookstore | – | 328 | OL56498119M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL54647872M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL55396858M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL55653506M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 308 | OL55688139M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 432 | OL34034343M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 432 | OL34038166M |
| 2014 | W F Howes Ltd | – | 508 | OL31916502M |
| 2013 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 432 | OL34054198M |
| 2012 | Transatlantic | – | 383 | OL35442716M |
| 2009 | Pocket Books | – | 442 | OL23697906M |
| 2008 | New American Library | – | 373 | OL22693849M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 432 | OL28450556M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 362 | OL11879414M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Hardcover | 336 | OL11885814M |
| 2007 | Digireads.com | Paperback | 192 | OL11820665M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Paperback | 336 | OL11885813M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 326 | OL11879373M |
| 2007 | Penguin | – | 371 | OL31912933M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 340 | OL11652842M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 392 | OL9882269M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 476 | OL11858926M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 568 | OL11858975M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 396 | OL9817795M |
| 2006 | www.ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 776 | OL11859031M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 476 | OL7652801M |
| 2006 | Elibron Classics | – | 336 | OL27794560M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | – | 362 | OL22594044M |
| 2004 | Oxford University Press | – | 364 | OL3302001M |
| 2003 | Oxford University Press | – | 335 | OL22583216M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 393 | OL3701483M |
| 2003 | Macmillan | Hardcover | 359 | OL10494064M |
| 2002 | Modern Library | – | 366 | OL3569316M |
| 2001 | Glencoe/McGraw-Hill | Hardcover | 293 | OL35325239M |
| 2001 | W.W. Norton | – | 461 | OL6785052M |
| 2001 | Oxford University Press | – | 335 | OL3942276M |
| 2000 | LRS | – | 569 | OL6777359M |
| 1999 | Signet Classic | – | 370 | OL389019M |
| 1999 | Taylor & Francis Group | – | 492 | OL33409668M |
| 1999 | Transaction | – | 417 | OL687974M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 403 | OL22595173M |
| 1998 | G.K. Hall | – | 512 | OL372895M |
| 1998 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 288 | OL8978473M |
| 1997 | Broadview Press | – | 411 | OL17256372M |
| 1997 | Penguin Books | – | 393 | OL427770M |
| 1995 | Picador | Paperback | 313 | OL10490525M |
| 1995 | Pan | – | 320 | OL22838429M |
| 1995 | Wordsworth | – | 320 | OL22391628M |
| 1994 | Longman | – | 410 | OL22788158M |
| 1993 | Tuttle Publishing | – | 576 | OL7592584M |
| 1993 | A.A. Knopf | – | 362 | OL1744998M |
| 1993 | Everyman's Library | – | 362 | OL22138543M |
| 1993 | Everyman | – | 344 | OL21455261M |
| 1987 | Oxford University Press | – | 403 | OL2729827M |
| 1986 | London : Folio Society | – | 342 | OL45645467M |
| 1985 | Penguin | – | 437 | OL20715833M |
| 1985 | Longman | – | 378 | OL2471290M |
| 1984 | New American Library | – | 334 | OL24764886M |
| 1983 | Dent | – | 318 | OL24765051M |
| 1983 | Dent | – | 318 | OL22266560M |
| 1982 | Ulverscroft Large Print | Hardcover | 473 | OL7778685M |
| 1981 | Bantam | – | 326 | OL21523100M |
| 1981 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 336 | OL7820276M |
| 1980 | Collins | – | 318 | OL22426562M |
| 1978 | Pan Books | Paperback | 336 | OL10487661M |
| 1978 | W W Norton & Co Inc | – | 436 | OL7452290M |
| 1978 | Penguin Books | – | 437 | OL22023484M |
| 1977 | Norton | – | 436 | OL4908813M |
| 1975 | Macmillan | – | 359 | OL21999499M |
| 1975 | Macmillan | – | 441 | OL5256798M |
| 1975 | Macmillan | – | 359 | OL50447911M |
| 1974 | Macmillan | – | 384 | OL5122735M |
| 1971 | Macmillan | – | 385 | OL22344286M |
| 1970 | Distributed by Heron Books | – | 386 | OL4668777M |
| 1970 | Heron Books | – | 418 | OL46855446M |
| 1969 | Cambridge Book Co. | – | 384 | OL24197698M |
| 1969 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 316 | OL5690167M |
| 1968 | Macmillan | – | 333 | OL22396573M |
| 1967 | St. Martin's Press | – | 417 | OL5532768M |
| 1966 | Harper & Row | – | 363 | OL5983440M |
| 1966 | Macmillan | – | 334 | OL4044926M |
| 1964 | Heritage Press | – | 317 | OL24213657M |
| 1964 | Macmillan | – | 385 | OL22396568M |
| 1964 | holt, rinehart and winston | – | 354 | OL58655053M |
| 1964 | washington square press, inc. | – | 386 | OL58706989M |
| 1964 | Macmillan | – | 385 | OL28681588M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | – | 393 | OL5907233M |
| 1964 | Macmillan | – | 385 | OL26558788M |
| 1964 | Limited Editions Club | – | 317 | OL5904658M |
| 1963 | dell publishing co., inc. | – | 322 | OL58696565M |
| 1963 | macmillan & co ltd | – | 338 | OL58923332M |
| 1962 | Houghton Mifflin Co. | – | 342 | OL51002543M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 417 | OL28682035M |
| 1962 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 290 | OL20009259M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 417 | OL25182577M |
| 1962 | New American Library | – | 336 | OL24212438M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 417 | OL26558746M |
| 1962 | New American Library | – | 336 | OL24511013M |
| 1960 | Macmillan | – | 381 | OL22612870M |
| 1958 | Macmillan | – | 333 | OL22612880M |
| 1958 | macmillan and co ltd | – | 406 | OL58923327M |
| 1956 | Macmillan | – | 399 | OL22203569M |
| 1956 | Pocket Books | – | 332 | OL6214544M |
| 1953 | pan books ltd | – | 274 | OL58622529M |
| 1950 | Macmillan | – | 386 | OL22637997M |
| 1950 | Harper | – | 385 | OL43775100M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | – | 432 | OL23266840M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | – | 432 | OL6072613M |
| 1950 | Macmillan | – | 385 | OL6070005M |
| 1948 | Rinehart | – | 338 | OL6029057M |
| 1947 | Macmillan | – | 421 | OL33013882M |
| 1947 | Macmillan | – | 421 | OL26561146M |
| 1947 | Macmillan | – | 421 | OL26561147M |
| 1934 | Macmillan | – | 421 | OL22602204M |
| 1933 | Ronald Press | – | 421 | OL57704647M |
| 1929 | – | – | 422 | OL58635303M |
| 1925 | Modern Library | – | 318 | OL24899536M |
| 1922 | Harper & brothers | – | 385 | OL13535266M |
| 1922 | Harper & brothers | – | 405 | OL6644386M |
| 1922 | Harper & Bros. | – | 385 | OL52756662M |
| 1920 | macmillan and co. | – | 420 | OL58923337M |
| 1920 | – | – | 301 | OL21470795M |
| 1919 | Macmillan | – | 406 | OL53663135M |
| 1917 | Modern Library | – | 342 | OL50989380M |
| 1917 | Carlton House | – | 318 | OL24152013M |
| 1917 | The Modern library | – | 318 | OL22127895M |
| 1913 | Macmillan | – | 403 | OL44992426M |
| 1912 | Macmillan | – | 386 | OL50396852M |
| 1912 | Macmillan | – | 407 | OL13975465M |
| 1912 | Harper | – | 385 | OL24174195M |
| 1912 | Harper | – | 385 | OL22346389M |
| 1905 | Harper | – | 405 | OL24174268M |
| 1902 | Macmillan | – | 405 | OL13492220M |
| 1902 | Macmillan | – | 405 | OL24174369M |
| 1895 | Harper | – | 405 | OL44992425M |
| 1895 | Harper & Bros. | – | 405 | OL2750708M |
| 1895 | Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. | – | 405 | OL6889139M |
| 1895 | Harper & brothers | – | 405 | OL6587794M |
| 1887 | S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington | – | 432 | OL6441752M |
| 1886 | H. Holt | – | 356 | OL38631055M |
| 1886 | George Munro, publisher, 17 to 27 Vandewater Street | – | 302 | OL30877960M |
| 1800 | Harper | – | 405 | OL7029475M |
| – | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 416 | OL28817381M |
| – | Hovendon Co. | – | 356 | OL2434423M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Mayor of Casterbridge?
- About 384 pages: that is the median of 164 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 192 to 776 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Mayor of Casterbridge?
- About 6 h 47 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
- How many words is The Mayor of Casterbridge?
- Roughly 106,000 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)).