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Book · by Edgar Allan Poe · first published 1976

How many pages is The Tell-Tale Heart?

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe has a median of 30 pages across 24 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 30 pages.

Median pages
30
24 editions counted
Range
24–64
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
0.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
8k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Tell-Tale Heart 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
32 min
At 30 min a day
2 days
At 1 hour a day
1 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20406019801990200020101980: 31 pages1992: 62 pages1995: 64 pages2011: 31 pages2014: 24 pages2015: 64 pages2015: 24 pages2016: 26 pages2016: 34 pages2016: 26 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 25 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pagesmedian 30
204060198020001980: 31 pages1992: 62 pages1995: 64 pages2011: 31 pages2014: 24 pages2015: 64 pages2015: 24 pages2016: 26 pages2016: 34 pages2016: 26 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 25 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pages2018: 30 pagesmedian 30
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 24 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 5 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 71 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–30OL55929479M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–30OL55834212M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–30OL56186776M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–30OL56734891M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–30OL56657772M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–30OL55837939M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–30OL55991677M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–30OL56797361M

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Questions

How many pages is The Tell-Tale Heart?
About 30 pages: that is the median of 24 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 24 to 64 pages.
How long does it take to read The Tell-Tale Heart?
About 32 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
How many words is The Tell-Tale Heart?
Roughly 8,000 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)).