Book · by Charles Dickens · first published 1847
How many pages is The Pickwick Papers?
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens has a median of 764 pages across 147 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 612 to 817 pages.
Median pages
764
147 editions counted
Range
361–1,120
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
13h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
210k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Pickwick Papers take you?
Reading time
13 h 28 min
At 30 min a day
27 days
At 1 hour a day
14 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 | 555 | 10 | 9 h 47 min |
| Paperback | 526 | 9 | 9 h 16 min |
| Mass market | 872 | 2 | 15 h 22 min |
Editions counted
The 147 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 26 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 539 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bloomsbury Publishing USA | – | 864 | OL34085572M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 782 | OL34182653M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 675 | OL30317627M |
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 384 | OL30293209M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 675 | OL30326764M |
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 394 | OL30300515M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 760 | OL29930410M |
| 2019 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 1,120 | OL28939623M |
| 2017 | Dover Publications, Incorporated | – | 704 | OL28642836M |
| 2017 | Independently Published | – | 672 | OL40803067M |
| 2016 | Pan Macmillan | – | 1,080 | OL28597714M |
| 2014 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 789 | OL34043508M |
| 2013 | Penguin Random House | – | 928 | OL34426371M |
| 2013 | Start Publishing LLC | – | 758 | OL29686083M |
| 2012 | Bollinger, Max | – | 774 | OL34483758M |
| 2012 | Penguin Classics | – | 965 | OL37801376M |
| 2012 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 614 | OL34471518M |
| 2011 | Folio Society | – | 930 | OL45634658M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 492 | OL34446780M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 476 | OL34445076M |
| 2009 | Penguin Books | – | 813 | OL35345867M |
| 2009 | Penguin Random House | – | 960 | OL34413461M |
| 2008 | Digireads.com Publishing | – | 512 | OL34420256M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 740 | OL23170839M |
| 2008 | Standard Publications, Inc. | – | 808 | OL34421376M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 722 | OL8422410M |
| 2005 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 436 | OL8492268M |
| 2005 | Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library | Paperback | 526 | OL8511003M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press | Paperback | 596 | OL11316233M |
| 2004 | Signet Classic | – | 882 | OL3694105M |
| 2004 | Quiet Vision Pub | Paperback | 470 | OL12238822M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | 596 | OL7978859M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 424 | OL11647887M |
| 2003 | Modern Library | – | 779 | OL44910927M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 436 | OL8403131M |
| 2000 | Trident Reference Publishing | Hardcover | 872 | OL8788443M |
| 2000 | Penguin Classics | – | 848 | OL7354907M |
| 2000 | Trident Reference Publishing | Leather bound | 872 | OL8788446M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | – | 800 | OL6898537M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 757 | OL7973505M |
| 1999 | Everyman's Library | – | 976 | OL7425009M |
| 1999 | Everyman | – | 944 | OL28426394M |
| 1998 | Tom Doherty Associates | – | 925 | OL24518301M |
| 1998 | Everyman Paperback Classics | – | 960 | OL7592798M |
| 1998 | Alfred A. Knopf | – | 813 | OL100373M |
| 1998 | Tor Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 960 | OL9763593M |
| 1998 | J.M. Dent | – | 844 | OL22291668M |
| 1998 | Blue Unicorn Editions | Paperback | 476 | OL12311480M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 772 | OL7384065M |
| 1997 | Oxford University Press | – | 801 | OL23269628M |
| 1995 | ISIS | Hardcover | 482 | OL8969589M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Classics | Paperback | 760 | OL8978432M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Classics | – | 804 | OL21951204M |
| 1991 | Heinemann (Txt) | Paperback | 960 | OL7966018M |
| 1988 | Oxford University Press | – | 740 | OL2398404M |
| 1986 | Clarendon | – | 600 | OL22276207M |
| 1983 | Bantam Skylark Book | – | 757 | OL22596595M |
| 1983 | Guild | – | 687 | OL40271221M |
| 1983 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 784 | OL7820322M |
| 1983 | Buccaneer Books | Hardcover | 495 | OL11340497M |
| 1981 | Folio Society | – | 740 | OL13768240M |
| 1979 | Nottingham Court Press | – | 609 | OL34420840M |
| 1976 | Hart Pub. Co. | – | 430 | OL5208923M |
| 1974 | Oxford University Press | – | 801 | OL50466661M |
| 1973 | Penguin Classics | – | 960 | OL7354696M |
| 1972 | Dutton Adult | – | 828 | OL7591980M |
| 1972 | Penguin Books | – | 952 | OL5452669M |
| 1970 | Dent | – | 804 | OL20352382M |
| 1967 | Oxford University Press | – | 801 | OL43759648M |
| 1965 | Dent | – | 804 | OL19050519M |
| 1964 | Signet Classics | – | 888 | OL7576703M |
| 1964 | Dell | – | 834 | OL40288604M |
| 1962 | Heritage Press | – | 764 | OL5845956M |
| 1960 | Washington Square Press | – | 860 | OL43384139M |
| 1959 | Oxford University Press | – | 801 | OL13685823M |
| 1954 | Dent | – | 804 | OL21316144M |
| 1954 | Dutton Adult | – | 828 | OL7591770M |
| 1953 | Collins | – | 796 | OL22293510M |
| 1949 | George G. Harrap | – | 816 | OL22602137M |
| 1948 | Oxford University Press | – | 801 | OL13535655M |
| 1945 | Dodd, Mead | – | 687 | OL27929460M |
| 1944 | Dodd, Mead & Co. | – | 687 | OL43275601M |
| 1944 | Dodd, Mead & Co. | – | 687 | OL6476149M |
| 1944 | Nelson Doubleday | – | 687 | OL17722182M |
| 1943 | Modern Library | – | 817 | OL27785467M |
| 1943 | Modern Library | – | 988 | OL51483252M |
| 1943 | Modern Library | – | 855 | OL6462769M |
| 1943 | The modern library | – | 817 | OL22805435M |
| 1938 | The Heritage Press | – | 790 | OL50996554M |
| 1938 | Heritage Press | – | 764 | OL43395483M |
| 1938 | J.M. Dent | – | 804 | OL26898317M |
| 1938 | The Heritage Press | Hardcover | 764 | OL13859030M |
| 1938 | Dent | – | 804 | OL21417133M |
| 1937 | Nonesuch Press | – | 798 | OL22230172M |
| 1936 | Books, Inc. | Hardcover | 762 | OL24216654M |
| 1936 | The Heritage press | – | 764 | OL6346004M |
| 1935 | Dodd, Mead and company | – | 687 | OL52401514M |
| 1933 | Printed for the Limited Editions Club by the Oxford Universi | – | 759 | OL45021841M |
| 1932 | Modern Library | – | 817 | OL27932135M |
| 1932 | The Modern library | – | 855 | OL6280943M |
| 1931 | Printed for the Limited Editions Club by the Oxford Universi | – | 759 | OL30870526M |
| 1931 | Limited Editions Club | – | 759 | OL24837824M |
| 1930 | Dodd, Mead, c 1930. | – | 687 | OL26889665M |
| 1925 | The Macmillan company | – | 361 | OL6676741M |
| 1914 | Chapman and Hall | – | 675 | OL24173626M |
| 1913 | Chapman & Hall | – | 928 | OL53653998M |
| 1911 | Macmillan and co., limited | – | 759 | OL6547311M |
| 1910 | Chapman & Hall | – | 477 | OL17374382M |
| 1907 | Dent | – | 804 | OL19953330M |
| 1907 | Dent | – | 804 | OL26573122M |
| 1904 | Gresham Publishing Company | – | 664 | OL45458277M |
| 1900 | International Book Company | – | 804 | OL27898490M |
| 1900 | Thomas Nelson and Sons | – | 845 | OL30512664M |
| 1900 | T. Nelson and Sons | – | 845 | OL24975968M |
| 1900 | University Library Association | – | 817 | OL7059127M |
| 1900 | Collins Clear-Type | – | 827 | OL22407804M |
| 1892 | Macmillan | – | 808 | OL13977213M |
| 1892 | Macmillan | – | 759 | OL7108708M |
| 1890 | Chapman & Hall; New York, Scribner | – | 675 | OL52407165M |
| 1888 | Walter Scott | Hard Cover: Green cloth with gilt flower | 514 | OL24647701M |
| 1886 | Estes and Lauriat | – | 882 | OL24822573M |
| 1880 | Porter & Coates | – | 497 | OL6445793M |
| 1880 | Hazell, Watson & Viney | – | 639 | OL21027430M |
| 1880 | J.W. Lovell | – | 808 | OL13513539M |
| 1878 | Chapman and Hall | – | 526 | OL31799568M |
| 1874 | Chapman & Hall | – | 400 | OL53728625M |
| 1873 | J. R. Osgood and company | – | 497 | OL26314774M |
| 1873 | Chapman and Hall | – | 400 | OL25113895M |
| 1870 | T.B. Peterson | – | 882 | OL7004691M |
| 1855 | Hoffmann | – | 861 | OL23295183M |
| 1847 | Chapman and Hall | – | 506 | OL20496968M |
| 1845 | Lea and Blanchard | – | 371 | OL23337421M |
| 1841 | Lea and Blanchard | – | 371 | OL45058712M |
| 1838 | Chapman and Hall | – | 609 | OL45058711M |
| 1837 | Chapman and Hall | – | 609 | OL23001437M |
| 1837 | Chapman and Hall | – | 609 | OL7093988M |
| 1837 | Chapman and Hall | – | 609 | OL43760365M |
| 1837 | Chapman & Hall | – | 640 | OL7127745M |
| 1836 | Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. | – | 609 | OL44429119M |
| 1815 | Chapman & Hall | – | 804 | OL53708242M |
| – | Bernhard Tauchnitz | Hardcover | 456 | OL6975960M |
| – | Thomas Nelson and Sons | – | 944 | OL44427988M |
| – | Modern Library | – | 817 | OL26883073M |
| – | Chapman and Hall (193 Piccadilly) | – | 609 | OL53715507M |
| – | Odhams Press Limited | – | 764 | OL13711795M |
| – | George Rutledge and Sons | – | 526 | OL26577238M |
| – | Collins | – | 816 | OL23756615M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Pickwick Papers?
- About 764 pages: that is the median of 147 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 361 to 1,120 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Pickwick Papers?
- About 13 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 27 days.
- How many words is The Pickwick Papers?
- Roughly 210,000 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)).