Book · by Henry James · first published 1996
How many pages is The Portrait of a Lady?
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James has a median of 634 pages across 126 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 541 to 752 pages.
Median pages
634
126 editions counted
Range
300–990
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
11h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
174k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Portrait of a Lady take you?
Reading time
11 h 11 min
At 30 min a day
23 days
At 1 hour a day
12 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 | 480 | 4 | 8 h 28 min |
| Paperback | 576 | 14 | 10 h 09 min |
Editions counted
The 126 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 8 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 432 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 796 | OL34315417M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34303092M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34340638M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34294630M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34253007M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34333939M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34284321M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34216102M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34339890M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34289739M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34352973M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 339 | OL34206645M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 667 | OL29979517M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL30319735M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL29981613M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL30336615M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL30274069M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 532 | OL30003734M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL30328928M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 644 | OL29912901M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 497 | OL30215500M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 803 | OL34206823M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL30325666M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL30337133M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 745 | OL30074937M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL34287160M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL30337073M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL30336479M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 745 | OL30075191M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 540 | OL34132921M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 644 | OL30333469M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 817 | OL30321968M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 799 | OL30006215M |
| 2017 | W. W. Norton & Company | paperback | 664 | OL27413397M |
| 2016 | Naxos AudioBooks | – | 612 | OL49817782M |
| 2016 | Cambridge University Press | – | 990 | OL28579453M |
| 2016 | Alma Classics | – | 400 | OL29307901M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 656 | OL34020253M |
| 2015 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 768 | OL28540887M |
| 2013 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 696 | OL28486001M |
| 2009 | Oxford University Press | – | 656 | OL22679675M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 634 | OL23011455M |
| 2008 | Phoenix Press | Paperback | 304 | OL10823807M |
| 2008 | Penguin Books Ltd | – | 560 | OL7359955M |
| 2008 | Penguin Random House | – | 624 | OL28441480M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 636 | OL11676054M |
| 2007 | Digireads.com | Paperback | 352 | OL11820607M |
| 2007 | Signet Classics | Paperback | 640 | OL10274277M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 300 | OL11828984M |
| 2006 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 496 | OL7640235M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 316 | OL11828978M |
| 2006 | Pomona Press | Paperback | 676 | OL11680696M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Large Print Paperback | 624 | OL8962972M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Large Print Paperback | 652 | OL8962971M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 316 | OL11828983M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 300 | OL9710572M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 672 | OL8870178M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 656 | OL3707353M |
| 2002 | Modern Library | – | 594 | OL3951174M |
| 2001 | – | – | 504 | OL37043197M |
| 2001 | Houghton Mifflin Co. | – | 619 | OL6800123M |
| 1999 | Oxford University Press | – | 680 | OL117965M |
| 1998 | Konemann | Hardcover | 661 | OL9015157M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 634 | OL464126M |
| 1997 | Wordsworth Editions | Paperback | 528 | OL8978539M |
| 1997 | Penguin | – | 592 | OL32134437M |
| 1996 | Viking | – | 580 | OL975680M |
| 1996 | Wordsworth Editions Limited | Paperback | 500 | OL22817213M |
| 1996 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 548 | OL26339901M |
| 1996 | State Street Press | – | 759 | OL26336976M |
| 1995 | W.W. Norton | – | 785 | OL1110924M |
| 1995 | Oxford University Press | – | 634 | OL22817218M |
| 1995 | Tuttle Publishing | – | 640 | OL7592760M |
| 1995 | Signet | – | 547 | OL26339157M |
| 1995 | Signet Classic | – | 543 | OL24503003M |
| 1994 | Doubleday Direct, Inc. | – | 871 | OL22858693M |
| 1994 | Barnes & Noble | – | 548 | OL32134438M |
| 1992 | Vintage Books/Library of America | – | 634 | OL1566205M |
| 1991 | Everyman's Library | – | 626 | OL888927M |
| 1991 | Knopf | – | 626 | OL1567474M |
| 1989 | Smithmark Publishers | Hardcover | 645 | OL8307940M |
| 1987 | Laurel Press | – | 397 | OL17729052M |
| 1984 | J M Dent & Sons Ltd | – | 608 | OL7591995M |
| 1984 | Penguin Classics | – | 656 | OL7354767M |
| 1983 | the franklin library | – | 598 | OL58720904M |
| 1983 | Modern Library | – | 591 | OL3505652M |
| 1983 | Franklin Library | – | 561 | OL3254469M |
| 1983 | Bantam | – | 525 | OL15063677M |
| 1983 | Dent | – | 559 | OL22277980M |
| 1982 | Penguin Classics | – | 592 | OL44915134M |
| 1982 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 688 | OL7383616M |
| 1981 | Oxford University Press | – | 645 | OL22200498M |
| 1975 | W. W. Norton | – | 755 | OL22056089M |
| 1975 | Norton | – | 755 | OL5056656M |
| 1975 | W.W. Norton & Co. | – | 755 | OL14423842M |
| 1974 | Penguin | – | 592 | OL5119688M |
| 1970 | Oxford University Press | – | 645 | OL21613159M |
| 1968 | Heron Books | – | 534 | OL49821680M |
| 1967 | Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by the | – | 516 | OL5564582M |
| 1967 | Heritage Press | – | 516 | OL40243415M |
| 1966 | Modern Library | – | 595 | OL17764186M |
| 1966 | Modern Library | – | 595 | OL5989740M |
| 1964 | Oxford University Press | – | 645 | OL45285891M |
| 1963 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 488 | OL28687220M |
| 1963 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 488 | OL17729372M |
| 1963 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 488 | OL52842203M |
| 1963 | Signet Classics | – | 560 | OL7577035M |
| 1963 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 488 | OL26566947M |
| 1963 | Signet Classic | – | 559 | OL24512653M |
| 1963 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 488 | OL24217060M |
| 1963 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 488 | OL16221117M |
| 1962 | oxford university press | – | 686 | OL58991500M |
| 1947 | Oxford University Press | – | 645 | OL43163069M |
| 1947 | Oxford University Press | – | 680 | OL19180506M |
| 1947 | Oxford University Press | – | 645 | OL20012652M |
| 1917 | P. F. Collier & son | – | 624 | OL17760505M |
| 1917 | P.F. Collier & son | – | 624 | OL17721675M |
| 1916 | The New American Library | – | 562 | OL58991508M |
| 1909 | Modern Library | – | 438 | OL13571601M |
| 1900 | International Collectors Library | – | 548 | OL43743187M |
| 1882 | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | – | 520 | OL7144128M |
| 1882 | Houghton, Mifflin | – | 520 | OL44513928M |
| 1881 | Houghton, Mifflin and Co. | – | 520 | OL17764846M |
| 1881 | Houghton, Mifflin and company | – | 520 | OL6628780M |
| 1881 | houghton mifflin company | – | 518 | OL58991493M |
| 1881 | Macmillan | – | 594 | OL58080134M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Portrait of a Lady?
- About 634 pages: that is the median of 126 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 300 to 990 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Portrait of a Lady?
- About 11 h 11 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 23 days.
- How many words is The Portrait of a Lady?
- Roughly 174,000 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)).