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How many pages is The Waves?

The Waves by Virginia Woolf has a median of 255 pages across 46 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 211 to 288 pages.

Median pages
255
46 editions counted
Range
144–456
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 Waves take you?

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Reading time
4 h 30 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

200400194019601980200020201931: 324 pages1931: 324 pages1931: 211 pages1931: 297 pages1933: 324 pages1933: 325 pages1943: 211 pages1946: 211 pages1949: 270 pages1950: 211 pages1951: 255 pages1955: 211 pages1959: 297 pages1959: 297 pages1963: 211 pages1966: 255 pages1975: 255 pages1976: 211 pages1977: 200 pages1978: 297 pages1990: 203 pages1992: 240 pages1992: 203 pages1992: 263 pages1993: 222 pages1994: 234 pages1998: 304 pages2000: 198 pages2000: 192 pages2004: 198 pages2005: 224 pages2006: 348 pages2006: 270 pages2008: 260 pages2010: 456 pages2011: 288 pages2012: 224 pages2012: 277 pages2014: 256 pages2015: 256 pages2016: 240 pages2019: 256 pages2019: 288 pages2020: 144 pages2020: 199 pages2020: 182 pagesmedian 255
200400195020001931: 324 pages1931: 324 pages1931: 211 pages1931: 297 pages1933: 324 pages1933: 325 pages1943: 211 pages1946: 211 pages1949: 270 pages1950: 211 pages1951: 255 pages1955: 211 pages1959: 297 pages1959: 297 pages1963: 211 pages1966: 255 pages1975: 255 pages1976: 211 pages1977: 200 pages1978: 297 pages1990: 203 pages1992: 240 pages1992: 203 pages1992: 263 pages1993: 222 pages1994: 234 pages1998: 304 pages2000: 198 pages2000: 192 pages2004: 198 pages2005: 224 pages2006: 348 pages2006: 270 pages2008: 260 pages2010: 456 pages2011: 288 pages2012: 224 pages2012: 277 pages2014: 256 pages2015: 256 pages2016: 240 pages2019: 256 pages2019: 288 pages2020: 144 pages2020: 199 pages2020: 182 pagesmedian 255
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 46 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 3 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 256 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Independently Published–144OL30228136M
2020Independently Published–199OL30272163M
2020Independently Published–182OL30064705M
2019Alma Classics–256OL28700859M
2019Penguin Books, Limited–288OL28705346M
2016Penguin Random House–240OL28598734M
2015Alma Classics–256OL29279223M
2014Oxford University Press–256OL28540635M

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Questions

How many pages is The Waves?
About 255 pages: that is the median of 46 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 144 to 456 pages.
How long does it take to read The Waves?
About 4 h 30 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is The Waves?
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)).