Book · by Edgar Allan Poe
How many pages is The Raven?
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe has a median of 42 pages across 94 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 32 to 54 pages.
Median pages
42
94 editions counted
Range
20–91
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.8h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
12k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Raven take you?
Reading time
49 min
At 30 min a day
2 days
At 1 hour a day
1 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 | 32 | 3 | 37 min |
| Paperback | 57 | 3 | 1 h 06 min |
Editions counted
The 94 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 16 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 287 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Running Press | – | 32 | OL57738932M |
| 2022 | Intellectual Press | Paperback | 40 | OL46850216M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 34 | OL34246436M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 51 | OL34332456M |
| 2020 | Slave Labor Books | – | 56 | OL57786457M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 45 | OL34212106M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 25 | OL29821207M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 38 | OL56158922M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56081668M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56356899M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56322374M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56076137M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL55991541M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56155056M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 44 | OL55929182M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 30 | OL54896521M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 76 | OL55636280M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 40 | OL56076313M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56531023M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 34 | OL56427551M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56536883M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL55637342M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 86 | OL56222046M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 46 | OL55837512M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 42 | OL56702742M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 42 | OL56530319M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56702161M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL55831373M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL55142613M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56722224M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL56797743M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 58 | OL55822241M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 44 | OL55580602M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 28 | OL56057779M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL56681281M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 46 | OL54797784M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 44 | OL56615765M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 38 | OL55529235M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 60 | OL54760488M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL55634158M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 44 | OL56674882M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL54651130M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 34 | OL54978167M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL55316564M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL54992600M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL55457479M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL55571347M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 34 | OL55710847M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 44 | OL54975419M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 54 | OL55793682M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL54656150M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 36 | OL55429494M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 24 | OL54653991M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 76 | OL56486426M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL56277994M |
| 2016 | Damocle | Paperback | 91 | OL31963631M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL55890386M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 34 | OL56273815M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 48 | OL56391017M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 76 | OL55303226M |
| 2015 | Kids Can Press, Limited | – | 48 | OL28533179M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 32 | OL56340230M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 68 | OL56018581M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 42 | OL56472633M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 28 | OL56019093M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 52 | OL34022027M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 56 | OL29271983M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 56 | OL56098245M |
| 2014 | First Avenue Editions | – | 46 | OL31180291M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 44 | OL55106555M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 28 | OL56000709M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 52 | OL34065409M |
| 2013 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 32 | OL29172171M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 72 | OL54079291M |
| 2010 | Timeless Books | – | 50 | OL54216769M |
| 2006 | Kids Can Press | Hardcover | 48 | OL8570366M |
| 1996 | Phoenix | Paperback | 57 | OL25303233M |
| 1996 | Dover Publications | – | 53 | OL809206M |
| 1995 | The Folio Society | – | 26 | OL53033541M |
| 1986 | Cheloniidae Press | – | 20 | OL1781131M |
| 1968 | Published by Walker in association with the Dept. of Printin | – | 38 | OL43211982M |
| 1968 | Published by Walker in association with the Dept. of Printin | – | 22 | OL5544836M |
| 1929 | Émile-Paul frères | – | 24 | OL6737792M |
| 1927 | Printed for members only, The Bibliophile Society | – | 38 | OL6710266M |
| 1924 | Eugene R. Trott Co. | – | 27 | OL560691M |
| 1909 | Stone Printing & Manufacturing Co. | – | 24 | OL6338340M |
| 1900 | E.P. Dutton | – | 20 | OL22482523M |
| 1898 | R. G. Badger & co. | – | 36 | OL343441M |
| 1891 | State Tribune | – | 32 | OL3283055M |
| 1890 | E.P. Dutton & Company | – | 31 | OL22475883M |
| 1884 | Harper & Brothers | – | 24 | OL6552313M |
| 1884 | E.P. Dutton | Hardcover | 24 | OL6552298M |
| 1883 | Harper & brothers | – | 23 | OL45053245M |
| 1869 | Barclay & co. | Library Binding | 32 | OL6549306M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Raven?
- About 42 pages: that is the median of 94 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 20 to 91 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Raven?
- About 49 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
- How many words is The Raven?
- Roughly 12,000 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)).