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How many pages is The Vile Village?

The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket has a median of 256 pages across 9 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 256 pages.

Median pages
256
9 editions counted
Range
251–272
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
70k
at 275 words per page

How long will The Vile Village 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
4 h 31 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2502602702005201020152001: 256 pages2001: 272 pages2002: 256 pages2002: 256 pages2003: 256 pages2004: 256 pages2004: 251 pages2012: 256 pages2018: 272 pagesmedian 256
25026027020102001: 256 pages2001: 272 pages2002: 256 pages2002: 256 pages2003: 256 pages2004: 256 pages2004: 251 pages2012: 256 pages2018: 272 pagesmedian 256
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 9 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 32 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018HarperCollins Publishers–272OL30595958M
2012Egmont–256OL29112112M
2004Galaxy–256OL32152205M
2004Sōshisha–251OL23073395M
2003Egmont Books–256OL22136956M
2002Scholastic Inc.–256OL24959812M
2002Scholastic–256OL7513138M
2001HarperCollinsHardcover256OL6790880M

More by Lemony Snicket

All 9 books by Lemony Snicket with page counts

Questions

How many pages is The Vile Village?
About 256 pages: that is the median of 9 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 251 to 272 pages.
How long does it take to read The Vile Village?
About 4 h 31 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is The Vile Village?
Roughly 70,000 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)).