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How many pages is The Promise of Happiness?

The Promise of Happiness by Betty Neels has a median of 220 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 206 to 254 pages.

Median pages
220
7 editions counted
Range
187–384
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Promise of Happiness 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
3 h 53 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

20030040019801990200020101979: 187 pages1997: 219 pages2006: 224 pages2006: 284 pages2011: 384 pages2011: 192 pages2012: 220 pagesmedian 220
200300400198020001979: 187 pages1997: 219 pages2006: 224 pages2006: 284 pages2011: 384 pages2011: 192 pages2012: 220 pagesmedian 220
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 13 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2012Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited–220OL29127381M
2011Harlequin Enterprises, Limited–384OL29632106M
2011Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited–192OL29106556M
2006HarlequinMass Market Paperback224OL10746574M
2006Ulverscroft Large PrintHardcover284OL10280367M
1997Mills & Boon–219OL18293262M
1979Mills and Boon–187OL17151468M

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Questions

How many pages is The Promise of Happiness?
About 220 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 187 to 384 pages.
How long does it take to read The Promise of Happiness?
About 3 h 53 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The Promise of Happiness?
Roughly 60,000 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)).