Book · by Mark Twain
How many pages is The Prince and the Pauper?
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain has a median of 274 pages across 158 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 230 to 309 pages.
Median pages
274
158 editions counted
Range
120–552
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
75k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Prince and the Pauper take you?
Reading time
4 h 50 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 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 | 207 | 5 | 3 h 39 min |
| Paperback | 246 | 18 | 4 h 20 min |
| Mass market | 267 | 2 | 4 h 42 min |
Editions counted
The 158 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 15 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 755 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 249 | OL34296531M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 305 | OL34249098M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 304 | OL34283837M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL34335811M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 268 | OL34299291M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 164 | OL34260603M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 304 | OL34308502M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 304 | OL34338050M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 305 | OL34280581M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 305 | OL34324790M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 304 | OL34293334M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 304 | OL34246605M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 305 | OL34282023M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 121 | OL34249836M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 258 | OL34205399M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 303 | OL34298519M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 248 | OL34307205M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 259 | OL34352224M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 304 | OL34278974M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 244 | OL34200438M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 309 | OL30072901M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 214 | OL30319950M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 247 | OL29982835M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 135 | OL30254460M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 304 | OL30279339M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 213 | OL30220525M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 212 | OL29889170M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 132 | OL30274905M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 320 | OL30050531M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 210 | OL29902856M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 258 | OL29910245M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 214 | OL30348556M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 213 | OL30078072M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 248 | OL29936415M |
| 2019 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 304 | OL28894556M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 200 | OL29883045M |
| 2017 | Amazon Publishing | – | 254 | OL28911509M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 334 | OL29705290M |
| 2015 | Random House Publishing Group | – | 272 | OL28546258M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 334 | OL29779547M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 334 | OL29780203M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 334 | OL29779092M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 336 | OL29294802M |
| 2011 | University of California Press | – | 342 | OL29058384M |
| 2011 | University of California Press | – | 342 | OL29200295M |
| 2011 | University of California Press | – | 342 | OL29609597M |
| 2009 | Tutis Digital Publishing Pvt. Limited | – | 194 | OL34429764M |
| 2009 | Dodo Press | – | 364 | OL34422243M |
| 2009 | Standard Publications, Inc. | – | 298 | OL34429812M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 328 | OL34428999M |
| 2009 | Standard Publications, Inc. | – | 308 | OL34414353M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 332 | OL34422412M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 328 | OL34428998M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 332 | OL34416474M |
| 2007 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 320 | OL33426865M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Hardcover | 216 | OL11983633M |
| 2007 | Prestwick House, Inc. | Paperback | 232 | OL9325104M |
| 2007 | Sterling | Hardcover | 160 | OL9814966M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Paperback | 216 | OL11983638M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 248 | OL9609526M |
| 2006 | Cengage Heinle | – | 240 | OL28434709M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 252 | OL9829670M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 240 | OL10416431M |
| 2006 | Aegypan | Paperback | 184 | OL12495941M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 244 | OL9658875M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 216 | OL11828976M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 248 | OL10416554M |
| 2006 | Aegypan | Hardcover | 184 | OL8898203M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 120 | OL11681270M |
| 2006 | Aladdin | Paperback | 331 | OL8458578M |
| 2006 | Book Sales | Hardcover | 207 | OL13180573M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 216 | OL11828963M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 282 | OL10416753M |
| 2006 | Mass Market Paperback | 294 | OL8457039M | |
| 2006 | Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library | Paperback | 404 | OL8962989M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 324 | OL7652779M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 244 | OL10370571M |
| 2005 | 1st World Publishing, Incorporated | – | 304 | OL34424661M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 231 | OL8870243M |
| 2004 | 1st World Publishing, Incorporated | – | 304 | OL34420632M |
| 2003 | Modern Library | – | 211 | OL3561208M |
| 2002 | Signet Classic | – | 221 | OL3955841M |
| 2002 | ABDO Pub. | – | 238 | OL3955518M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | – | 216 | OL34411967M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | – | 216 | OL34411966M |
| 2001 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 252 | OL10500802M |
| 2000 | LRS | – | 364 | OL6776390M |
| 2000 | Dover Publications | – | 153 | OL6778983M |
| 2000 | G.K. Hall | – | 307 | OL6783925M |
| 1998 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 288 | OL8978517M |
| 1997 | Penguin Books | – | 199 | OL667967M |
| 1996 | Oxford University Press | – | 240 | OL795809M |
| 1996 | Oxford University Press | – | 496 | OL28794948M |
| 1996 | Andre Deutsch | – | 240 | OL29690800M |
| 1996 | Oxford University Press | – | 411 | OL979600M |
| 1994 | Puffin | – | 272 | OL26337937M |
| 1994 | Parragon Book Service | – | 184 | OL26643659M |
| 1994 | Children's Classics | – | 294 | OL1087949M |
| 1994 | Bloomsbury | – | 256 | OL26341129M |
| 1994 | Wordsworth | – | 278 | OL22385578M |
| 1992 | Baronet Books | – | 240 | OL23267801M |
| 1988 | Reader's Digest Association | – | 238 | OL23273468M |
| 1988 | Portland House Illustrated Classics | – | 294 | OL2036408M |
| 1985 | Yearling | – | 254 | OL7521981M |
| 1983 | University of California Press | – | 341 | OL29203686M |
| 1983 | Published in cooperation with the University of Iowa [by] Un | – | 321 | OL3186801M |
| 1983 | Puffin | – | 255 | OL17428290M |
| 1982 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 240 | OL7820306M |
| 1982 | Bantam | – | 219 | OL27057801M |
| 1982 | Bantam | – | 219 | OL21523160M |
| 1980 | New American Library | – | 223 | OL24501681M |
| 1979 | University of California Press | – | 552 | OL29601902M |
| 1979 | Published for the Iowa Center for Textual Studies by the Uni | – | 533 | OL23254438M |
| 1974 | Putnam Publishing Group | – | 256 | OL7539757M |
| 1969 | Childrens Press | – | 224 | OL5432778M |
| 1968 | E. P. Dutton | – | 248 | OL5662004M |
| 1965 | Heritage Press | – | 230 | OL45820881M |
| 1965 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 256 | OL5945669M |
| 1965 | Heritage Press | – | 221 | OL5935061M |
| 1964 | Airmont Pub. Co. | – | 223 | OL32345266M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 205 | OL24576376M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 205 | OL24766982M |
| 1962 | Collier Books | – | 322 | OL43089681M |
| 1958 | Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by the | – | 221 | OL25226911M |
| 1956 | Scott, Foresman | – | 252 | OL6217736M |
| 1953 | Globe Book Co. | – | 136 | OL6137296M |
| 1948 | World Pub. Co. | – | 274 | OL27783072M |
| 1937 | The John C. Winston company | – | 274 | OL6364313M |
| 1923 | Gabriel Wells | – | 280 | OL1598256M |
| 1917 | Harper & brothers | – | 284 | OL26317658M |
| 1909 | Harper & Row | – | 296 | OL24431627M |
| 1909 | Harper & Brothers Publishers | – | 309 | OL31956698M |
| 1909 | Harper | – | 280 | OL24197450M |
| 1909 | Harper & Brothers | – | 284 | OL7193016M |
| 1909 | Junior Deluxe Editions | – | 236 | OL23267317M |
| 1909 | Harper & Row | – | 284 | OL27659554M |
| 1909 | Harper & Brothers Publishers | – | 284 | OL31948397M |
| 1909 | Harper & brothers | – | 309 | OL6585892M |
| 1909 | Harper & brothers | – | 280 | OL6710377M |
| 1909 | Musson Book | – | 280 | OL26593053M |
| 1909 | Harper | – | 296 | OL5872732M |
| 1907 | Nakl. Rus £koi Knyharni | – | 140 | OL26210386M |
| 1905 | Harper & Brothers Publishers | – | 315 | OL31938735M |
| 1903 | Harper & Bros. | – | 309 | OL27784944M |
| 1902 | Harper & Bros. Pub. | – | 309 | OL24605701M |
| 1898 | Chatto & Windus | – | 332 | OL13919300M |
| 1892 | C.L. Webster | – | 289 | OL7052753M |
| 1885 | C.L. Webster | – | 411 | OL23327053M |
| 1882 | James R. Osgood | – | 411 | OL22890539M |
| 1882 | Chatto & Windus | – | 391 | OL6309448M |
| 1882 | Rose-Belford Pub. Co. | – | 278 | OL25638501M |
| 1882 | James R. Osgood and Co. | – | 411 | OL6930433M |
| 1882 | Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly | – | 391 | OL7025266M |
| 1882 | Cosimo, Inc. | – | 416 | OL35088254M |
| 1881 | Harper & Brothers | – | 309 | OL927821M |
| 1881 | Dawson Brothers | – | 278 | OL6338773M |
| 1881 | Chatto & Windus | – | 391 | OL1460791M |
| – | Scholastic | – | 269 | OL23267907M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Prince and the Pauper?
- About 274 pages: that is the median of 158 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 120 to 552 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Prince and the Pauper?
- About 4 h 50 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
- How many words is The Prince and the Pauper?
- Roughly 75,000 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)).