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How many pages is The Phantom of the Opera?

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux has a median of 284 pages across 56 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 236 to 348 pages.

Median pages
284
56 editions counted
Range
160–385
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
78k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Phantom of the Opera 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
At 30 min a day
11 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.

20030040019251950197520001911: 357 pages1911: 357 pages1975: 212 pages1985: 266 pages1986: 357 pages1986: 265 pages1987: 288 pages1987: 360 pages1988: 204 pages1988: 245 pages1988: 371 pages1990: 385 pages1990: 360 pages1990: 274 pages1993: 264 pages1994: 322 pages1995: 288 pages1995: 272 pages1995: 201 pages1998: 288 pages1998: 327 pages2001: 288 pages2002: 320 pages2002: 371 pages2004: 381 pages2004: 384 pages2004: 224 pages2005: 280 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 372 pages2006: 222 pages2006: 222 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 280 pages2007: 250 pages2007: 212 pages2007: 260 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 274 pages2008: 160 pages2010: 276 pages2011: 276 pages2012: 320 pages2012: 222 pages2012: 210 pages2014: 346 pages2016: 312 pages2016: 352 pages2016: 318 pages2017: 186 pages2018: 210 pages2018: 320 pages2018: 240 pages2019: 320 pages2020: 304 pagesmedian 284
200300400195020001911: 357 pages1911: 357 pages1975: 212 pages1985: 266 pages1986: 357 pages1986: 265 pages1987: 288 pages1987: 360 pages1988: 204 pages1988: 245 pages1988: 371 pages1990: 385 pages1990: 360 pages1990: 274 pages1993: 264 pages1994: 322 pages1995: 288 pages1995: 272 pages1995: 201 pages1998: 288 pages1998: 327 pages2001: 288 pages2002: 320 pages2002: 371 pages2004: 381 pages2004: 384 pages2004: 224 pages2005: 280 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 372 pages2006: 222 pages2006: 222 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 280 pages2007: 250 pages2007: 212 pages2007: 260 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 274 pages2008: 160 pages2010: 276 pages2011: 276 pages2012: 320 pages2012: 222 pages2012: 210 pages2014: 346 pages2016: 312 pages2016: 352 pages2016: 318 pages2017: 186 pages2018: 210 pages2018: 320 pages2018: 240 pages2019: 320 pages2020: 304 pagesmedian 284
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover21053 h 42 min
Paperback275204 h 51 min

Editions counted

The 56 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 10 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 132 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Poisoned Pen Press–304OL28085866M
2019William Collinspaperback320OL27756752M
2018SMK Bookshardcover210OL27824339M
2018Random House UKpaperback320OL27803017M
2018Canterbury Classicsflexibound240OL27370398M
2017Digireads.com Publishingpaperback186OL27403917M
2016Pan Macmillan–312OL28597727M
2016Quarto Publishing Group USA–352OL29311515M

Questions

How many pages is The Phantom of the Opera?
About 284 pages: that is the median of 56 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 160 to 385 pages.
How long does it take to read The Phantom of the Opera?
About 5 h at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Phantom of the Opera?
Roughly 78,000 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)).