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How many pages is These Old Shades?

These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer has a median of 355 pages across 16 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 318 to 366 pages.

Median pages
355
16 editions counted
Range
282–704
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
98k
at 275 words per page

How long will These Old Shades 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
6 h 15 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

40060019401960198020001926: 430 pages1926: 358 pages1937: 358 pages1951: 358 pages1966: 362 pages1967: 290 pages1967: 282 pages1980: 312 pages1991: 704 pages1993: 320 pages1993: 312 pages2003: 334 pages2003: 409 pages2004: 352 pages2009: 378 pages2011: 352 pagesmedian 355
400600195020001926: 430 pages1926: 358 pages1937: 358 pages1951: 358 pages1966: 362 pages1967: 290 pages1967: 282 pages1980: 312 pages1991: 704 pages1993: 320 pages1993: 312 pages2003: 334 pages2003: 409 pages2004: 352 pages2009: 378 pages2011: 352 pagesmedian 355
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 16 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 61 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Penguin Random House–352OL34455918M
2009Sourcebooks Casablanca–378OL24434279M
2004Penguin Random House–352OL28428349M
2003HQN–334OL26328717M
2003Harlequin–409OL3284174M
1993Arrow BooksPaperback320OL24988770M
1993Mandarin–312OL22367350M
1991Peerage Books–704OL18217611M

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Questions

How many pages is These Old Shades?
About 355 pages: that is the median of 16 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 282 to 704 pages.
How long does it take to read These Old Shades?
About 6 h 15 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is These Old Shades?
Roughly 98,000 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)).