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How many pages is The Reluctant Widow?

The Reluctant Widow by Georgette Heyer has a median of 306 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 279 to 306 pages.

Median pages
306
11 editions counted
Range
272–447
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
84k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Reluctant Widow 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
5 h 24 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

3004001960198020001946: 279 pages1946: 279 pages1946: 306 pages1946: 306 pages1965: 322 pages1968: 306 pages1971: 279 pages1977: 272 pages1992: 447 pages1998: 306 pages2011: 288 pagesmedian 306
3004001950197520001946: 279 pages1946: 279 pages1946: 306 pages1946: 306 pages1965: 322 pages1968: 306 pages1971: 279 pages1977: 272 pages1992: 447 pages1998: 306 pages2011: 288 pagesmedian 306
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 35 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Penguin Random House–288OL33390328M
1998Arrow–306OL17505702M
1992Thorndike Press–447OL1708574M
1977Berkley–272OL7500900M
1971Putnam–279OL4737926M
1968Heinemann–306OL17261763M
1965Heinemann, London–322OL59015076M
1946Putnam–279OL43775976M

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Questions

How many pages is The Reluctant Widow?
About 306 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 272 to 447 pages.
How long does it take to read The Reluctant Widow?
About 5 h 24 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is The Reluctant Widow?
Roughly 84,000 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)).