Book · by Philip Pullman · first published 1985
How many pages is The Ruby in the Smoke?
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman has a median of 230 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 209 to 230 pages.
How long will The Ruby in the Smoke take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 41 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Scholastic | – | 256 | OL29394521M |
| 2009 | Scholastic | – | 242 | OL32791673M |
| 2008 | Alfred A. Knopf | – | 230 | OL23115163M |
| 2006 | Scholastic | – | 209 | OL31939926M |
| 2004 | Scholastic Canada | – | 209 | OL19435685M |
| 2000 | Dell Laurel-Leaf | – | 230 | OL18399711M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 230 | OL8188789M |
| 1994 | Puffin Books in association with O.U.P. | – | 207 | OL17876672M |
| 1987 | Puffin in association with Oxford University Press | – | 208 | OL18544238M |
| 1987 | Knopf | – | 230 | OL20930974M |
| 1987 | Alfred A. Knoff | – | 230 | OL24815111M |
| 1985 | Oxford University Press | – | 200 | OL17316497M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Ruby in the Smoke?
- About 230 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 200 to 256 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Ruby in the Smoke?
- About 4 h 03 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
- How many words is The Ruby in the Smoke?
- Roughly 63,000 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)).