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How many pages is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson has a median of 132 pages across 107 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 105 to 178 pages.

Median pages
132
107 editions counted
Range
63–271
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
36k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
2 h 20 min
At 30 min a day
5 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1002003001900195020001886: 141 pages1886: 141 pages1896: 247 pages1899: 138 pages1900: 271 pages1900: 254 pages1901: 247 pages1920: 113 pages1932: 244 pages1946: 72 pages1952: 123 pages1952: 123 pages1952: 123 pages1954: 256 pages1961: 247 pages1962: 244 pages1962: 256 pages1963: 128 pages1964: 216 pages1967: 106 pages1967: 90 pages1968: 117 pages1974: 122 pages1974: 152 pages1978: 166 pages1980: 176 pages1981: 119 pages1982: 119 pages1982: 128 pages1985: 119 pages1985: 98 pages1986: 148 pages1987: 128 pages1987: 63 pages1988: 125 pages1990: 239 pages1990: 157 pages1991: 97 pages1991: 82 pages1991: 140 pages1992: 110 pages1994: 88 pages1994: 88 pages1994: 96 pages1995: 118 pages1996: 107 pages1997: 256 pages1998: 157 pages1998: 93 pages1999: 80 pages2000: 105 pages2000: 208 pages2000: 105 pages2001: 254 pages2002: 112 pages2002: 208 pages2002: 238 pages2003: 104 pages2003: 139 pages2003: 222 pages2003: 224 pages2004: 199 pages2004: 144 pages2005: 128 pages2005: 160 pages2005: 176 pages2005: 166 pages2005: 96 pages2006: 76 pages2006: 132 pages2006: 106 pages2006: 98 pages2006: 100 pages2006: 184 pages2006: 120 pages2007: 210 pages2007: 144 pages2007: 144 pages2007: 256 pages2008: 96 pages2008: 64 pages2008: 160 pages2009: 63 pages2009: 135 pages2010: 96 pages2011: 90 pages2011: 172 pages2013: 172 pages2013: 144 pages2013: 120 pages2013: 76 pages2014: 172 pages2014: 72 pages2014: 224 pages2014: 72 pages2015: 128 pages2015: 144 pages2015: 180 pages2015: 224 pages2015: 74 pages2017: 128 pages2017: 210 pages2017: 160 pages2018: 66 pages2019: 112 pages2021: 160 pagesmedian 132
1002003001900195020001886: 141 pages1886: 141 pages1896: 247 pages1899: 138 pages1900: 271 pages1900: 254 pages1901: 247 pages1920: 113 pages1932: 244 pages1946: 72 pages1952: 123 pages1952: 123 pages1952: 123 pages1954: 256 pages1961: 247 pages1962: 244 pages1962: 256 pages1963: 128 pages1964: 216 pages1967: 106 pages1967: 90 pages1968: 117 pages1974: 122 pages1974: 152 pages1978: 166 pages1980: 176 pages1981: 119 pages1982: 119 pages1982: 128 pages1985: 119 pages1985: 98 pages1986: 148 pages1987: 128 pages1987: 63 pages1988: 125 pages1990: 239 pages1990: 157 pages1991: 97 pages1991: 82 pages1991: 140 pages1992: 110 pages1994: 88 pages1994: 88 pages1994: 96 pages1995: 118 pages1996: 107 pages1997: 256 pages1998: 157 pages1998: 93 pages1999: 80 pages2000: 105 pages2000: 208 pages2000: 105 pages2001: 254 pages2002: 112 pages2002: 208 pages2002: 238 pages2003: 104 pages2003: 139 pages2003: 222 pages2003: 224 pages2004: 199 pages2004: 144 pages2005: 128 pages2005: 160 pages2005: 176 pages2005: 166 pages2005: 96 pages2006: 76 pages2006: 132 pages2006: 106 pages2006: 98 pages2006: 100 pages2006: 184 pages2006: 120 pages2007: 210 pages2007: 144 pages2007: 144 pages2007: 256 pages2008: 96 pages2008: 64 pages2008: 160 pages2009: 63 pages2009: 135 pages2010: 96 pages2011: 90 pages2011: 172 pages2013: 172 pages2013: 144 pages2013: 120 pages2013: 76 pages2014: 172 pages2014: 72 pages2014: 224 pages2014: 72 pages2015: 128 pages2015: 144 pages2015: 180 pages2015: 224 pages2015: 74 pages2017: 128 pages2017: 210 pages2017: 160 pages2018: 66 pages2019: 112 pages2021: 160 pagesmedian 132
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

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
Hardcover18223 h 12 min
Paperback120202 h 07 min
Mass market17223 h 02 min

Editions counted

The 107 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 16 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 373 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021HarperCollins Publishers Limited–160OL33942231M
2019HarperCollins Publishers Limited–112OL28924854M
2018Independently Published–66OL36814393M
2017Usborne Publishing, Limited–128OL28641291M
2017Barrington Stoke, Limited–210OL28642217M
2017HarperCollins Publishers Limited–160OL33571177M
2015Oldcastle Books, Limited–128OL28550953M
2015Waverley Bookspaperback144OL27514806M

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Questions

How many pages is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
About 132 pages: that is the median of 107 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 63 to 271 pages.
How long does it take to read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
About 2 h 20 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
Roughly 36,000 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)).