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How many pages is The Unknown Ajax?

The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer has a median of 336 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 317 to 391 pages.

Median pages
336
16 editions counted
Range
285–608
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
92k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Unknown Ajax take you?

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Reading time
5 h 55 min
At 30 min a day
12 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.

4006001960198020001959: 285 pages1959: 314 pages1960: 313 pages1968: 318 pages1971: 314 pages1972: 319 pages1980: 592 pages1983: 320 pages1989: 608 pages1991: 320 pages1992: 379 pages2005: 352 pages2005: 411 pages2007: 585 pages2009: 384 pages2011: 352 pagesmedian 336
4006001960198020001959: 285 pages1959: 314 pages1960: 313 pages1968: 318 pages1971: 314 pages1972: 319 pages1980: 592 pages1983: 320 pages1989: 608 pages1991: 320 pages1992: 379 pages2005: 352 pages2005: 411 pages2007: 585 pages2009: 384 pages2011: 352 pagesmedian 336
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
Hardcover596210 h 31 min
Paperback32035 h 38 min

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 31 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Penguin Random House–352OL33395782M
2009Harlequin Enterprises, Limited–384OL29574946M
2007Thorndike PressHardcover585OL11045071M
2005Penguin Random House–352OL28429887M
2005Harlequin–411OL3473596M
1992HarperCollins Publishers (Mm)Paperback379OL9241079M
1991MandarinPaperback320OL7965919M
1989Ulverscroft Large Print BooksHardcover608OL9542259M

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Questions

How many pages is The Unknown Ajax?
About 336 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 285 to 608 pages.
How long does it take to read The Unknown Ajax?
About 5 h 55 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
How many words is The Unknown Ajax?
Roughly 92,000 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)).