Love Books Daily

Book · by E. B. White

How many pages is The Trumpet of the Swan?

The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White has a median of 218 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 210 to 246 pages.

Median pages
218
18 editions counted
Range
210–320
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Trumpet of the Swan 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
3 h 51 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200250300197019801990200020101970: 210 pages1970: 210 pages1970: 230 pages1970: 224 pages1970: 210 pages1973: 210 pages1973: 210 pages1987: 210 pages1993: 210 pages2000: 272 pages2000: 252 pages2000: 272 pages2001: 225 pages2002: 310 pages2003: 213 pages2006: 210 pages2007: 224 pages2014: 320 pagesmedian 218
200250300198020001970: 210 pages1970: 210 pages1970: 230 pages1970: 224 pages1970: 210 pages1973: 210 pages1973: 210 pages1987: 210 pages1993: 210 pages2000: 272 pages2000: 252 pages2000: 272 pages2001: 225 pages2002: 310 pages2003: 213 pages2006: 210 pages2007: 224 pages2014: 320 pagesmedian 218
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
Hardcover21043 h 42 min
Paperback22553 h 58 min

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 63 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2014Penguin Books, Limited–320OL28533503M
2007HarperCollins Children's Books–224OL7276615M
2006Listening LibraryHardcover210OL10352473M
2003Avon Books–213OL39486714M
2002LRS (Library Reproduction Service)Hardcover310OL12279990M
2001GalaxyPaperback225OL9349436M
2000HarperCollinsPaperback272OL9246635M
2000HarperTrophyPaperback252OL46130M

More by E. B. White

All 3 books by E. B. White with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Trumpet of the Swan?
About 218 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 210 to 320 pages.
How long does it take to read The Trumpet of the Swan?
About 3 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is The Trumpet of the Swan?
Roughly 60,000 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)).