Book · by Thomas Hardy · first published 1922
How many pages is The Return of the Native?
The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy has a median of 473 pages across 98 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 423 to 496 pages.
Median pages
473
98 editions counted
Range
248–572
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
130k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Return of the Native take you?
Reading time
8 h 20 min
At 30 min a day
17 days
At 1 hour a day
9 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 | 428 | 3 | 7 h 33 min |
| Paperback | 460 | 19 | 8 h 07 min |
Editions counted
The 98 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 205 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 540 | OL30282890M |
| 2020 | Crescent Moon Publishing | – | 396 | OL30309637M |
| 2010 | General Books | – | 248 | OL31953253M |
| 2010 | Penguin Random House | – | 512 | OL28436601M |
| 2010 | Wildside | – | 466 | OL32137823M |
| 2008 | Signet Classic | – | 415 | OL23608532M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 496 | OL28455994M |
| 2007 | Aegypan | Paperback | 348 | OL12556792M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 414 | OL9370614M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Paperback | 428 | OL11981777M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 368 | OL12558125M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 460 | OL11879230M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 572 | OL7652800M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 486 | OL10370476M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 428 | OL11828400M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 480 | OL9794347M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 484 | OL10416567M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 476 | OL10416516M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 482 | OL10370583M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 504 | OL9780447M |
| 2006 | Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library | Paperback | 452 | OL8964932M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 428 | OL11828401M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 358 | OL9364265M |
| 2006 | Aegypan | Hardcover | 348 | OL12495992M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 482 | OL10370375M |
| 2005 | Oxford University Press | – | 441 | OL23138252M |
| 2005 | W.W. Norton | – | 512 | OL3429186M |
| 2003 | Echo Library | Paperback | 552 | OL11915988M |
| 2003 | Dover Publications | – | 312 | OL3688733M |
| 2000 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 461 | OL3971059M |
| 2000 | Modern Library | – | 426 | OL6795135M |
| 1999 | Signet Classic | – | 404 | OL35795M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | – | 449 | OL6803222M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 473 | OL472205M |
| 1995 | Everymans Library | – | 428 | OL7592725M |
| 1994 | Modern Library | – | 418 | OL1123510M |
| 1992 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 544 | OL8998483M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 497 | OL1744067M |
| 1990 | Oxford University Press | – | 473 | OL2228121M |
| 1986 | Garland | – | 493 | OL2547091M |
| 1982 | Bantam Classics | Paperback | 384 | OL7820430M |
| 1981 | Bantam | – | 371 | OL15063658M |
| 1980 | Franklin Library | – | 423 | OL4158175M |
| 1978 | Franklin Library | – | 486 | OL4758883M |
| 1978 | Penguin Classics | – | 496 | OL7354718M |
| 1978 | Penguin Books | – | 490 | OL13545123M |
| 1975 | Macmillan | – | 543 | OL5252781M |
| 1974 | Macmillan | Trade Paperback | 446 | OL5245665M |
| 1970 | Distributed by Heron Books | – | 485 | OL5386927M |
| 1969 | Norton | – | 500 | OL22035808M |
| 1969 | W. W. Norton & Company | – | 506 | OL7452421M |
| 1969 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 481 | OL5303949M |
| 1969 | Norton | – | 500 | OL24754216M |
| 1969 | Norton | – | 500 | OL5605096M |
| 1969 | F. Watts | – | 552 | OL5184613M |
| 1968 | Cambridge Book Co. | – | 470 | OL5630368M |
| 1967 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 328 | OL5530314M |
| 1967 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 328 | OL7465481M |
| 1966 | Harper & Row | – | 420 | OL5983439M |
| 1965 | Scribner | – | 423 | OL5935114M |
| 1964 | Airmont Pub. Co. | – | 349 | OL24218326M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | – | 493 | OL5907234M |
| 1963 | Harcourt, Bracae & World | – | 341 | OL5890436M |
| 1962 | Collier Books | – | 448 | OL5858585M |
| 1959 | New American Library | – | 414 | OL13547178M |
| 1959 | Signet Classics | – | 413 | OL7577160M |
| 1953 | Globe Book Co. | – | 439 | OL6149459M |
| 1950 | Rinehart | – | 481 | OL6072639M |
| 1950 | Dodd, Mead | – | 470 | OL6068800M |
| 1948 | Harper | – | 484 | OL43760152M |
| 1947 | Macmillan | – | 455 | OL43775124M |
| 1942 | The Heritage press | – | 416 | OL6436363M |
| 1938 | Macmillan | – | 505 | OL21417299M |
| 1931 | Ginn and compay | – | 506 | OL6756860M |
| 1930 | The Modern library | – | 506 | OL23334412M |
| 1929 | Harper | – | 484 | OL6725373M |
| 1928 | Macmillan | – | 455 | OL40255867M |
| 1928 | The Macmillan company | – | 455 | OL17765347M |
| 1928 | Macmillan | – | 484 | OL7062336M |
| 1922 | Harper & Brothers | – | 485 | OL17729751M |
| 1922 | Harper | – | 484 | OL21417285M |
| 1922 | Harper & Brothers | – | 485 | OL17765359M |
| 1920 | The Modern library | – | 506 | OL6709166M |
| 1917 | C. Scribner's Sons | – | 412 | OL6597171M |
| 1917 | Scribner | – | 412 | OL21417282M |
| 1913 | Nelson Doubleday | – | 370 | OL7242508M |
| 1912 | Harper & Brothers Publishers | – | 485 | OL17721616M |
| 1912 | Harper & Row | – | 484 | OL13535236M |
| 1911 | Macmillan | – | 506 | OL13522333M |
| 1900 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 470 | OL17727695M |
| 1895 | Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. | – | 506 | OL6889142M |
| 1895 | Harper & Brothers | – | 506 | OL6908535M |
| 1895 | Harper & Brothers | – | 506 | OL43186171M |
| 1878 | H. Holt and Company | – | 465 | OL6979630M |
| – | Harper | – | 506 | OL23756764M |
| – | Harper and Brothers | – | 507 | OL23266157M |
| – | Harper | – | 485 | OL17637731M |
| – | Altin Kalen | – | 470 | OL20414549M |
More by Thomas Hardy
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- 464 pagesTess of the D'Urbervilles
- 384 pagesThe Mayor of Casterbridge
- 484 pagesJude the Obscure
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Questions
- How many pages is The Return of the Native?
- About 473 pages: that is the median of 98 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 248 to 572 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Return of the Native?
- About 8 h 20 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
- How many words is The Return of the Native?
- Roughly 130,000 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)).