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Book · by Eleanor Burford · first published 1970

How many pages is The Secret Woman?

The Secret Woman by Eleanor Burford has a median of 355 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 320 to 450 pages.

Median pages
355
11 editions counted
Range
317–672
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
98k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Secret Woman 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
6 h 15 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

400600197019801990200020101970: 355 pages1971: 318 pages1972: 520 pages1972: 387 pages1972: 320 pages1972: 329 pages1978: 672 pages1982: 320 pages1982: 317 pages2000: 512 pages2014: 384 pagesmedian 355
400600198020001970: 355 pages1971: 318 pages1972: 520 pages1972: 387 pages1972: 320 pages1972: 329 pages1978: 672 pages1982: 320 pages1982: 317 pages2000: 512 pages2014: 384 pagesmedian 355
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover43447 h 39 min
Paperback32035 h 38 min

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 41 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Sourcebooks, Incorporated–384OL33454356M
2000Center Point Large PrintLibrary Binding512OL8817027M
1982FontanaPaperback320OL22332853M
1982Published by Edito-Service by arrangement with W. Collins–317OL3247762M
1978Ulverscroft Large PrintHardcover672OL9658709M
1972FontanaPaperback520OL9212480M
1972Nil Yayinevi–387OL20314098M
1972FontanaPaperback320OL20938146M

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Questions

How many pages is The Secret Woman?
About 355 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 317 to 672 pages.
How long does it take to read The Secret Woman?
About 6 h 15 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is The Secret Woman?
Roughly 98,000 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)).