Book · by Nathaniel Hawthorne · first published 1871
How many pages is The Scarlet Letter?
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne has a median of 288 pages across 543 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 231 to 316 pages.
Median pages
288
543 editions counted
Range
128–600
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page
How long will The Scarlet Letter take you?
Reading time
5 h 05 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.
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 | 272 | 11 | 4 h 48 min |
| Paperback | 272 | 32 | 4 h 48 min |
| Mass market | 320 | 3 | 5 h 38 min |
Editions counted
The 543 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 36 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 2,425 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Simon & Brown | – | 198 | OL34458179M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 200 | OL54415009M |
| 2010 | Bibliolis Books, Limited | – | 230 | OL34863942M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 318 | OL34446272M |
| 2010 | General Books LLC | – | 144 | OL34445292M |
| 2010 | Simon & Brown | – | 198 | OL34452303M |
| 2010 | IndoEuropeanPublishing.com | – | 180 | OL34454208M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 330 | OL34448922M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 396 | OL34445127M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 312 | OL34454448M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 312 | OL34448862M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 350 | OL34454047M |
| 2010 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 320 | OL34444652M |
| 2009 | Dover Publications | – | 248 | OL24043675M |
| 2009 | Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | – | 269 | OL23953897M |
| 2009 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 230 | OL54343245M |
| 2009 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 164 | OL54546794M |
| 2009 | Penguin Books | – | 244 | OL24533140M |
| 2009 | Ignatius Press | – | 289 | OL23711975M |
| 2009 | Martino Fine Books | – | 142 | OL34432492M |
| 2009 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 130 | OL54411562M |
| 2009 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 230 | OL54210641M |
| 2009 | Harvard University Press | – | 336 | OL34133091M |
| 2009 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | – | 196 | OL29672501M |
| 2009 | Ann Arbor Media Group | – | 206 | OL26340347M |
| 2008 | DK | – | 271 | OL23157799M |
| 2008 | Random House UK | Paperback | 304 | OL9983887M |
| 2008 | Oneworld Classics | – | 228 | OL23698117M |
| 2008 | Arc Manor | – | 152 | OL34418412M |
| 2008 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 192 | OL54070402M |
| 2008 | Read Books | – | 416 | OL34429125M |
| 2007 | Oxford University Press, USA | Paperback | 272 | OL10146559M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 250 | OL11878470M |
| 2007 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 240 | OL34454377M |
| 2007 | Longman | – | 384 | OL7412673M |
| 2007 | Bedford/St. Martins | – | 232 | OL23035075M |
| 2007 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 228 | OL34425058M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 368 | OL11859162M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 516 | OL11859204M |
| 2006 | Bedford/St. Martin's | – | 507 | OL17190143M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 272 | OL10370364M |
| 2006 | Ann Arbor Media Group, LLC | – | 214 | OL25549521M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 272 | OL10370573M |
| 2006 | Kaplan Publishing | Mass Market Paperback | 560 | OL8483606M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 292 | OL9714093M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 348 | OL7652783M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 304 | OL11859120M |
| 2006 | Bedford/St. Martin's | Paperback | 192 | OL9373981M |
| 2006 | Little, Brown Book Group Limited | – | 198 | OL34068732M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 272 | OL10416641M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 276 | OL10416556M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 276 | OL10370469M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 272 | OL9437742M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 268 | OL9737378M |
| 2005 | Bedford/St. Martin's | Paperback | 528 | OL9458844M |
| 2005 | Bed Books | – | 180 | OL34412660M |
| 2005 | Kaplan Education | Paperback | 544 | OL7948078M |
| 2005 | Bed Books | – | 180 | OL34414741M |
| 2005 | Digireads.com Publishing | – | 136 | OL34422548M |
| 2005 | Chamberlain Bros. | Paperback | 288 | OL8884619M |
| 2005 | Thomson Wadsworth | – | 169 | OL3314873M |
| 2004 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 400 | OL33419734M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 272 | OL8870217M |
| 2004 | Borders Classics | – | 203 | OL32139851M |
| 2004 | Pocket Books | – | 372 | OL3432629M |
| 2004 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | – | 240 | OL29673156M |
| 2004 | Dales Large Print Books | – | 384 | OL34416512M |
| 2004 | Broadview Press | – | 421 | OL3378555M |
| 2004 | Sterling Publications | Paperback | 272 | OL8870235M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 320 | OL8870128M |
| 2003 | Beka Book | – | 316 | OL31598896M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 238 | OL17920846M |
| 2003 | Collector's Library | Hardcover | 272 | OL8772691M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Classics | – | 274 | OL22858534M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble | – | 303 | OL26337440M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish | Hardcover | 208 | OL11645639M |
| 2002 | Thorndike Press | – | 424 | OL3561335M |
| 2002 | Penguin Classics | – | 272 | OL7361003M |
| 2002 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 418 | OL3957723M |
| 2002 | Everbind Anthologies | – | 410 | OL3960645M |
| 2001 | Popular Publishing | Hardcover | 262 | OL8845774M |
| 2001 | Cliffs Notes | Paperback | 240 | OL8051944M |
| 2001 | Baker Book House | Hardcover | 256 | OL9366437M |
| 2000 | LRS | – | 379 | OL6776141M |
| 2000 | Trident Press International | – | 298 | OL6805556M |
| 2000 | Modern Library | – | 270 | OL6785873M |
| 1999 | Signet Classics | – | 251 | OL7577237M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 352 | OL7384018M |
| 1998 | North Books | Hardcover | 220 | OL12286514M |
| 1998 | EMC/Paradigm Pub. | – | 269 | OL6898406M |
| 1997 | Cyber Classics | Paperback | 246 | OL8597380M |
| 1997 | NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company | Paperback | 224 | OL8978410M |
| 1997 | Cambridge University Press | – | 320 | OL749854M |
| 1996 | Wordsworth | Paperback | 197 | OL8978851M |
| 1996 | Tuttle Publishing | – | 320 | OL7592839M |
| 1996 | Prometheus Books | – | 276 | OL965764M |
| 1995 | Broadview Press | Paperback | 260 | OL11990611M |
| 1995 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | – | 277 | OL28952109M |
| 1995 | Hyperion | – | 269 | OL1272961M |
| 1995 | GuildAmerica Books | – | 215 | OL26331797M |
| 1994 | Penguin Books Ltd | – | 240 | OL7357094M |
| 1994 | Washington Square Press | – | 316 | OL3328194M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Classics | – | 316 | OL22817421M |
| 1992 | J.M. Dent | – | 226 | OL1487806M |
| 1992 | George H. Doran Company | – | 366 | OL59028180M |
| 1992 | Everyman | – | 352 | OL28428729M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 273 | OL1744068M |
| 1992 | Folio Society | Hardcover with slipcase | 252 | OL18562705M |
| 1991 | Macmillan | – | 371 | OL18093529M |
| 1991 | Running Press | – | 201 | OL58914342M |
| 1991 | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | – | 371 | OL2224771M |
| 1991 | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | – | 371 | OL26585653M |
| 1991 | Courage Books | – | 201 | OL1573564M |
| 1990 | Oxford University Press | – | 302 | OL460475M |
| 1990 | Vintage Books | – | 249 | OL2216739M |
| 1990 | Oxford University Press | – | 302 | OL2201250M |
| 1989 | Tom Doherty Associates | – | 277 | OL24941731M |
| 1988 | Norton | – | 443 | OL2389324M |
| 1988 | Aerie | Paperback | 278 | OL11968434M |
| 1987 | Portland House Illustrated Classics | – | 296 | OL2389024M |
| 1987 | Ticknor | – | 288 | OL59028154M |
| 1987 | Perma bound Classics | – | 294 | OL50996946M |
| 1986 | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | – | 181 | OL2718757M |
| 1986 | Running Press Book Publishers | Paperback | 202 | OL11305818M |
| 1985 | Silver Burdett Press | Paperback | 288 | OL10755108M |
| 1985 | Franklin Library | – | 262 | OL2431219M |
| 1984 | Reader's Digest Association | – | 221 | OL2871634M |
| 1984 | Chatham River Press | – | 296 | OL2841297M |
| 1984 | Ventura Books | – | 254 | OL24369429M |
| 1984 | Pennyroyal Editions | – | 181 | OL2872281M |
| 1984 | Random House Value Publishing | Hardcover | 296 | OL7686822M |
| 1983 | Penguin Books | – | 283 | OL3504140M |
| 1982 | Silver Burdett Co. | – | 271 | OL3794351M |
| 1981 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 244 | OL7820271M |
| 1980 | Dell | – | 320 | OL24502212M |
| 1980 | G. K. Hall | – | 381 | OL4098972M |
| 1980 | International Collectors Library | – | 214 | OL43743172M |
| 1979 | The Perfection Form Co. | – | 254 | OL24508708M |
| 1979 | Abaris Books | Hardcover | 296 | OL8323459M |
| 1978 | Franklin Library | – | 266 | OL4765776M |
| 1978 | Norton | – | 439 | OL4554856M |
| 1978 | Dale Books | Paperback | 246 | OL8251881M |
| 1978 | Norton | – | 439 | OL22012253M |
| 1977 | Dent | – | 318 | OL22147510M |
| 1976 | Hart Pub. Co. | – | 348 | OL4878804M |
| 1976 | Franklin Library | – | 285 | OL4612526M |
| 1975 | The Easton Press, [c1975] | – | 280 | OL17722267M |
| 1972 | Pocket Books | – | 279 | OL24954835M |
| 1971 | Dent | – | 318 | OL17721672M |
| 1970 | Ticknor, Reed, and Fields | – | 322 | OL53750308M |
| 1970 | Franklin Watts | – | 304 | OL15058914M |
| 1970 | Ticknor, Reed, and Fields | – | 322 | OL53750307M |
| 1970 | Amsco school publicatons, inc. | – | 306 | OL59028162M |
| 1969 | C. E. Merrill | – | 264 | OL5681940M |
| 1969 | Globe Book Company | – | 237 | OL19817409M |
| 1969 | Fleet Press Corp. | – | 322 | OL5693585M |
| 1969 | F. Watts | – | 305 | OL4875931M |
| 1968 | Chandler Pub. Co. | – | 322 | OL5603833M |
| 1968 | Cambridge Book Co. | – | 278 | OL5630366M |
| 1968 | chandler publishing company | – | 394 | OL59028176M |
| 1967 | Nanʼun-do | – | 487 | OL5235470M |
| 1967 | World Pub. Co. | – | 250 | OL5535390M |
| 1967 | J. M. Dent and Sons LTD | – | 346 | OL58634336M |
| 1966 | keith Jennison book | – | 382 | OL58683775M |
| 1966 | Mladinska Knjiga | – | 318 | OL13649309M |
| 1965 | Oxford University Press | – | 233 | OL16331377M |
| 1965 | Washington Square Press, Inc. | – | 290 | OL47024729M |
| 1965 | Bantam Books | – | 279 | OL5945869M |
| 1964 | Asia Publishing House | – | 330 | OL59028174M |
| 1964 | cassell and company | – | 296 | OL59028194M |
| 1964 | Asia Pub. House | – | 307 | OL5906655M |
| 1963 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 247 | OL5858646M |
| 1963 | Ohio State University Press | Hardcover | 292 | OL11352435M |
| 1963 | – | – | 272 | OL58679394M |
| 1962 | Norton | – | 375 | OL5849784M |
| 1962 | Airmont Pub Co | Paperback | 222 | OL9207084M |
| 1962 | Dent | – | 318 | OL21612386M |
| 1962 | Ohio State University Press | – | 289 | OL16206675M |
| 1962 | Airmont Books | – | 191 | OL22199812M |
| 1962 | Ohio State University Press | – | 289 | OL40241943M |
| 1962 | Ohio State University Press | – | 289 | OL22809734M |
| 1962 | Ohio State University Press | – | 272 | OL58668746M |
| 1962 | Ohio State University Press | – | 289 | OL50484762M |
| 1962 | Airmont Books | – | 222 | OL20937636M |
| 1961 | W. W. Norton & Company | – | 386 | OL45605541M |
| 1961 | Harcourt, Brace & World | – | 217 | OL26575162M |
| 1961 | Scholastic Book Services | – | 290 | OL26328855M |
| 1961 | Harcourt, Brace & World | – | 217 | OL5823171M |
| 1961 | Washington Square Press, Inc. | – | 290 | OL59028190M |
| 1960 | Houghton Mifflin Co. | – | 312 | OL17793618M |
| 1960 | Dutton | – | 318 | OL37919325M |
| 1960 | [Libra | – | 235 | OL5801025M |
| 1960 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 288 | OL7465466M |
| 1960 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 262 | OL5792011M |
| 1960 | The Laurel Hawthorne | – | 322 | OL46916161M |
| 1959 | Signet | – | 258 | OL59028152M |
| 1959 | New American Library | – | 255 | OL17804919M |
| 1959 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 254 | OL44220820M |
| 1959 | the new american library | – | 258 | OL59028193M |
| 1959 | New American Library | – | 255 | OL32109019M |
| 1957 | Dent | – | 318 | OL16206627M |
| 1955 | Washington Square Press | – | 279 | OL24368406M |
| 1955 | Washington Square Press, Inc | – | 294 | OL58692256M |
| 1955 | pocket books inc. | – | 290 | OL59028148M |
| 1954 | Pocket Books, Inc. | – | 290 | OL58646543M |
| 1954 | Globe Book Co. | – | 237 | OL6150164M |
| 1951 | Harper & Brothers | – | 310 | OL48575629M |
| 1950 | Random House | – | 300 | OL13672712M |
| 1950 | Harper | – | 278 | OL16206661M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | – | 300 | OL26562377M |
| 1950 | Harper | – | 278 | OL6068249M |
| 1950 | The Modern Library | – | 342 | OL58717690M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | – | 300 | OL6072614M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | – | 300 | OL26562376M |
| 1948 | Washington Square Press | – | 290 | OL59028199M |
| 1948 | Pocket Books | – | 276 | OL24951151M |
| 1948 | Dodd, Mead | – | 272 | OL17637358M |
| 1947 | holt, rinehart and winston | – | 274 | OL58722824M |
| 1947 | SPCK Publishing | – | 254 | OL33339924M |
| 1947 | Rinehart & Co., Inc. | – | 274 | OL59028167M |
| 1947 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 251 | OL6026934M |
| 1947 | – | – | 274 | OL58679787M |
| 1946 | The World Publishing Company | – | 254 | OL6500476M |
| 1941 | The Limited Editions Club | – | 392 | OL6431797M |
| 1938 | For the members of the Heritage Club | – | 280 | OL17638130M |
| 1937 | T. Nelson and sons | – | 290 | OL17859413M |
| 1936 | – | – | 358 | OL58693414M |
| 1936 | Spencer Press | – | 341 | OL61228467M |
| 1935 | The Heritage Press, Inc. | – | 308 | OL59028189M |
| 1935 | Heritage Press | – | 280 | OL17636719M |
| 1935 | Heritage Press | – | 280 | OL17793709M |
| 1935 | Heritage Press | – | 280 | OL17728066M |
| 1931 | H. Milford, Oxford University Press | – | 258 | OL22363424M |
| 1931 | Cheshire House | – | 321 | OL6761616M |
| 1930 | J.M. Dent | – | 318 | OL22200109M |
| 1930 | The Book League of America | – | 326 | OL58662665M |
| 1929 | T. Nelson and sons | – | 290 | OL6731538M |
| 1929 | Houghton Mifflin Co. | – | 312 | OL27786410M |
| 1928 | Printed by E. and R. Grabhorn for Random House | – | 362 | OL6470742M |
| 1927 | The Modern library | – | 303 | OL6699910M |
| 1927 | The Macmillan Company | – | 361 | OL6703005M |
| 1926 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 278 | OL22784957M |
| 1925 | J. H. Sears | – | 243 | OL61191473M |
| 1920 | Macmillan | – | 322 | OL6622113M |
| 1920 | G.H. Doran Co. | – | 296 | OL7163660M |
| 1919 | C. Scribner's sons | – | 271 | OL6614968M |
| 1910 | Cassell and co., ltd. | – | 288 | OL60417763M |
| 1908 | The Grolier club | – | 325 | OL61143686M |
| 1908 | The Grolier club | – | 325 | OL178563M |
| 1906 | Dent | – | 318 | OL13754316M |
| 1905 | A.L. Burt | – | 335 | OL45053310M |
| 1905 | The Amalgamated | – | 330 | OL59028184M |
| 1904 | [s.n.] | – | 333 | OL58641735M |
| 1900 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 312 | OL24786363M |
| 1900 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 312 | OL24657664M |
| 1900 | M.A. Donohue & co. | – | 325 | OL60417850M |
| 1900 | Rand, McNally | – | 292 | OL59547010M |
| 1900 | Houghton, Mifflin and Co. | – | 381 | OL3775649M |
| 1900 | Donohue Brothers | – | 346 | OL13570445M |
| 1894 | Houghton, Mifflin & Co. | – | 330 | OL42928184M |
| 1894 | Boston and New York | – | 330 | OL59028170M |
| 1893 | F. A. Stokes | – | 352 | OL6902430M |
| 1893 | Houghton, Mifflin | – | 298 | OL7116104M |
| 1893 | F. A. Stokes | – | 400 | OL49222446M |
| 1893 | F. A. Stokes | – | 352 | OL7253386M |
| 1893 | Houghton, Mifflin | – | 298 | OL61224738M |
| 1892 | H. Altemus | – | 348 | OL13571514M |
| 1892 | H. Altemus Co. | – | 468 | OL57980557M |
| 1892 | S. E. Cassino | – | 468 | OL59490185M |
| 1892 | John B. Alden | – | 164 | OL61334216M |
| 1892 | – | – | 508 | OL58710009M |
| 1892 | Printed at the Riverside press | – | 312 | OL6902429M |
| 1890 | Houghton, Mifflin | – | 600 | OL60476609M |
| 1888 | Houghton, Mifflin and Co. | – | 312 | OL59546994M |
| 1886 | Cassell | – | 317 | OL13714001M |
| 1885 | Houghton, Mifflin and Co. | – | 312 | OL22975808M |
| 1883 | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | – | 298 | OL17639716M |
| 1880 | Houghton, Osgood | – | 298 | OL60417830M |
| 1879 | Belfords, Clarke & Co. | – | 322 | OL53731191M |
| 1879 | G. Routledge | – | 252 | OL22607390M |
| 1878 | J.R. Osgood and company | – | 323 | OL7129982M |
| 1878 | J.R. Osgood | – | 323 | OL7173915M |
| 1878 | Houghton, Mifflin | – | 298 | OL57699635M |
| 1878 | J. R. Osgood and Company | – | 323 | OL6902428M |
| 1871 | Fields, Osgood, & co. | – | 307 | OL61277867M |
| 1866 | Ticknor and Field | – | 307 | OL7071824M |
| 1865 | Ticknor and Fields | – | 307 | OL59593278M |
| 1864 | Ticknor and Fields | – | 307 | OL7106163M |
| 1864 | Ticknor and Fields | – | 307 | OL24178927M |
| 1863 | – | – | 224 | OL21385407M |
| 1852 | G. Routledge | – | 252 | OL22105695M |
| 1852 | Ticknor, Reed, and Fields | – | 307 | OL24178999M |
| 1851 | David Bogue | – | 320 | OL60586326M |
| 1850 | Desmond Publishing Co. | – | 322 | OL59028187M |
| 1850 | Nelson Doubleday,Inc. | – | 222 | OL59028164M |
| 1850 | Houghton, Mifflin and company | – | 312 | OL57699565M |
| 1850 | Ticknor and Fields | – | 322 | OL24929973M |
| 1850 | Ticknor, Reed and Fields | – | 422 | OL7061821M |
| 1850 | Ticknor and Fields | – | 322 | OL24832611M |
| 1850 | Ticknor and Fields | – | 322 | OL24637595M |
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Questions
- How many pages is The Scarlet Letter?
- About 288 pages: that is the median of 543 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 128 to 600 pages.
- How long does it take to read The Scarlet Letter?
- About 5 h 05 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 Scarlet Letter?
- Roughly 79,000 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)).