Book · by Lewis Carroll · first published 1871
How many pages is Through the Looking-Glass?
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll has a median of 139 pages across 490 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 110 to 212 pages.
Median pages
139
490 editions counted
Range
60–276
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
38k
at 275 words per page
How long will Through the Looking-Glass take you?
Reading time
2 h 27 min
At 30 min a day
5 days
At 1 hour a day
3 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 152 | 18 | 2 h 41 min |
| Paperback | 154 | 26 | 2 h 42 min |
Editions counted
The 490 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 53 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 1,379 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 100 | OL56410090M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 186 | OL54618007M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 114 | OL29272159M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 110 | OL29778494M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 110 | OL29781511M |
| 2014 | Pulpville Press | – | 240 | OL34000366M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 88 | OL54619300M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 110 | OL29700040M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 108 | OL56256877M |
| 2014 | Macmillan Children's Books | hardcover | 224 | OL27510999M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 118 | OL54323433M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 82 | OL54133063M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 100 | OL55231049M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 156 | OL54266408M |
| 2013 | Denton & White | – | 108 | OL33994800M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 128 | OL54463757M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 84 | OL54524865M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 82 | OL54605859M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 144 | OL54536383M |
| 2013 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 128 | OL34038165M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 140 | OL54332185M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 64 | OL54184123M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 82 | OL54323574M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 88 | OL54472121M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 62 | OL54254846M |
| 2012 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 128 | OL29225837M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 160 | OL54582248M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 112 | OL54306642M |
| 2012 | Andrews UK Ltd. | – | 91 | OL53943205M |
| 2011 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 276 | OL54430601M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 96 | OL54345151M |
| 2010 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 208 | OL28449302M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 100 | OL54344812M |
| 2010 | General Books LLC | – | 64 | OL33399353M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 224 | OL33410949M |
| 2010 | O'Keefe, Gavin L. | – | 120 | OL33973259M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 248 | OL33405506M |
| 2010 | Madison Park an imprint of Pacific Publishing Studio | – | 124 | OL37824415M |
| 2010 | EZ Reads | – | 149 | OL40219729M |
| 2010 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 100 | OL54073422M |
| 2010 | Ishi International | – | 209 | OL31149173M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 122 | OL33410121M |
| 2009 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 102 | OL54478958M |
| 2009 | Classic Books International | – | 86 | OL37936025M |
| 2009 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 100 | OL54547790M |
| 2009 | Arcturus Publishing | – | 127 | OL32076238M |
| 2009 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 104 | OL33975224M |
| 2009 | Akasha Publishing, LLC | – | 116 | OL53902770M |
| 2009 | Walker Books, Limited | – | 224 | OL28443107M |
| 2009 | Akasha Publishing, LLC | – | 116 | OL53907810M |
| 2009 | Evertype | – | 154 | OL31164684M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 84 | OL33426988M |
| 2008 | Walker Books, Limited | – | 224 | OL28456223M |
| 2008 | Echo Library | – | 96 | OL53886188M |
| 2008 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | – | 190 | OL33976565M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | – | 104 | OL53878355M |
| 2007 | Digital Scanning Inc. | Paperback | 144 | OL12284458M |
| 2007 | Digital Scanning Inc. | Hardcover | 144 | OL12284459M |
| 2007 | Aegypan | Paperback | 124 | OL12495991M |
| 2007 | Wildside Press | Paperback | 240 | OL11974409M |
| 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | – | 192 | OL33983475M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | – | 144 | OL33380825M |
| 2007 | Oxford University Press (China) Ltd. | – | 88 | OL28438941M |
| 2007 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | 240 | OL11974410M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Hardcover | 112 | OL11886005M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 130 | OL10370359M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 124 | OL9530302M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 126 | OL10416427M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 168 | OL7652772M |
| 2006 | Aegypan | Hardcover | 124 | OL12495869M |
| 2006 | Macmillan Children's Books | Paperback | 256 | OL9502113M |
| 2006 | Merrell | Hardcover | 112 | OL8620526M |
| 2006 | Hesperides Press | Paperback | 192 | OL8409281M |
| 2006 | Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library | Paperback | 176 | OL8962995M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 124 | OL10416550M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 128 | OL9855606M |
| 2005 | Candlewick Press | – | 224 | OL3423334M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Hardcover | 140 | OL11823331M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 136 | OL10370463M |
| 2005 | Walker Books | Hardcover | 228 | OL19677211M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 146 | OL10416748M |
| 2004 | IndyPublish | Hardcover | 112 | OL11728120M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Paperback | 100 | OL8482659M |
| 2004 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Paperback | 140 | OL9381563M |
| 2003 | Thorndike Press | – | 189 | OL3687807M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 112 | OL11645735M |
| 2002 | HarperFestival | Paperback | 176 | OL7759569M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 112 | OL11645736M |
| 2001 | Bloomsbury | – | 200 | OL18400988M |
| 2001 | Adamant Media Corporation | Paperback | 208 | OL7789274M |
| 2001 | Classic Books | – | 244 | OL33972216M |
| 2000 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 80 | OL7385053M |
| 2000 | Creation Books | Paperback | 208 | OL9785000M |
| 1999 | Harcourt Brace | – | 230 | OL389194M |
| 1999 | Dover Publications | – | 104 | OL42356M |
| 1998 | MacMillan | Paperback | 240 | OL10556009M |
| 1997 | LRS (Library Reproduction Service) | Library Binding | 161 | OL12279967M |
| 1995 | Oxford University Press | – | 60 | OL14958197M |
| 1994 | Puffin Books | Paperback | 161 | OL39480652M |
| 1994 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 173 | OL7357100M |
| 1994 | Puffin Books | – | 176 | OL7354028M |
| 1993 | Morrow | – | 228 | OL1718005M |
| 1992 | University of California Press | – | 198 | OL28944743M |
| 1992 | Andersen Press | – | 116 | OL21874716M |
| 1991 | Peter Pauper Press, Incorporated | – | 184 | OL33341063M |
| 1991 | St. Martin's Press | Hardcover | 235 | OL10393530M |
| 1991 | Macmillan Children's Books | Hardcover | 232 | OL10495612M |
| 1989 | Random House Value Publishing | Hardcover | 127 | OL7672113M |
| 1989 | Dragon's World | Hardcover | 124 | OL8967527M |
| 1988 | Dial Books for Young Readers | – | 206 | OL2043407M |
| 1987 | Schocken Books | – | 175 | OL2381132M |
| 1986 | Ariel Books/Knopf | – | 127 | OL3188081M |
| 1986 | Knopf | – | 127 | OL7460892M |
| 1984 | A.A. Knopf | – | 224 | OL2843728M |
| 1984 | Macmillan Children's | – | 224 | OL18642548M |
| 1984 | Puffin Books | – | 176 | OL7353830M |
| 1983 | University of California Press | Hardcover | 198 | OL10434773M |
| 1983 | University of California Press | – | 167 | OL17768690M |
| 1983 | University of California Press | Hardcover | 200 | OL7708883M |
| 1983 | University of California Press | – | 167 | OL3186495M |
| 1982 | Pennyroyal Press | – | 163 | OL3259835M |
| 1977 | Purnell, Alice Kelly | – | 112 | OL53887377M |
| 1977 | Academy Editions | – | 96 | OL4909554M |
| 1977 | St. Martin's Press | – | 235 | OL4563637M |
| 1975 | Hart-Davis MacGibbon | Paperback | 144 | OL28422201M |
| 1973 | C. N. Potter; distributed by Crown | – | 143 | OL5304764M |
| 1972 | MacGibbon & Kee | – | 144 | OL5449060M |
| 1969 | The Heritage Press | – | 198 | OL18203490M |
| 1969 | Mayflower Books Ltd | – | 126 | OL33364555M |
| 1969 | The Heritage Press | – | 198 | OL16089397M |
| 1968 | Macmillan | – | 235 | OL22935907M |
| 1966 | University Microfilms | – | 224 | OL5526640M |
| 1965 | Random House | – | 165 | OL22935918M |
| 1965 | Random House | – | 165 | OL17941678M |
| 1965 | Random House | – | 165 | OL22352198M |
| 1962 | Folio Society | – | 132 | OL20362202M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18616123M |
| 1962 | The Folio Society | – | 132 | OL19206391M |
| 1959 | D. McKay | – | 192 | OL20118366M |
| 1959 | W.H. Allen | – | 105 | OL19206792M |
| 1959 | Duell, Sloan and Pearce | – | 105 | OL5843098M |
| 1950 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL6066691M |
| 1950 | P.R. Gawthorn Ltd. | – | 119 | OL20685662M |
| 1950 | M. Parrish | – | 150 | OL19551463M |
| 1946 | Random House | – | 165 | OL20541307M |
| 1946 | Whittlesey house, McGraw-Hill book company, inc. | – | 98 | OL6505166M |
| 1946 | Random House | – | 165 | OL17349830M |
| 1946 | Random House | – | 165 | OL19439889M |
| 1946 | Random House | – | 165 | OL18901261M |
| 1946 | Random house | – | 165 | OL188853M |
| 1941 | Heritage Press | – | 198 | OL19501232M |
| 1941 | The Heritage press | – | 198 | OL6430628M |
| 1936 | Ward, Lock | – | 191 | OL19440179M |
| 1935 | The Limited Editions Club | – | 211 | OL6321891M |
| 1935 | Macmillan and Co. Limited | – | 228 | OL40280040M |
| 1933 | M.A. Donohue | – | 148 | OL19141042M |
| 1931 | Cheshire House | – | 129 | OL6763340M |
| 1930 | – | – | 67 | OL19501750M |
| 1929 | D. McKay | Hardcover | 192 | OL19682490M |
| 1929 | Saalfield Pub. Co. | – | 124 | OL19440134M |
| 1929 | J.B. Lippincott company | – | 235 | OL6734839M |
| 1929 | Macmillan | – | 228 | OL19741043M |
| 1927 | Macmillan | – | 235 | OL19276291M |
| 1923 | Sesam-Verlag | – | 121 | OL25158536M |
| 1922 | Macmillan | – | 214 | OL24786204M |
| 1922 | Macmillan | – | 214 | OL24733474M |
| 1919 | H. Altemus Co. | – | 209 | OL20167320M |
| 1917 | Rand, McNally & Company | – | 218 | OL7082114M |
| 1917 | Rand, McNally & Company | – | 218 | OL6603387M |
| 1913 | H.M. Caldwell co. | – | 198 | OL26259813M |
| 1913 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18747328M |
| 1910 | Manhattan Press | – | 192 | OL20591581M |
| 1910 | Mershon Co. | – | 198 | OL19029062M |
| 1910 | T.Y. Crowell | – | 230 | OL20590731M |
| 1910 | Mershon Co. | – | 198 | OL18978620M |
| 1909 | Dodge publishing company | – | 185 | OL26365356M |
| 1909 | Dodge Pub. Co. | – | 185 | OL45010529M |
| 1907 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL7024599M |
| 1903 | Macmillan | – | 128 | OL17320524M |
| 1902 | The Macmillan company | – | 224 | OL6944014M |
| 1902 | Harper & Bros. | – | 211 | OL7244941M |
| 1902 | Harper & Brothers | – | 211 | OL6920741M |
| 1902 | Harper & Brothers | – | 211 | OL7141236M |
| 1902 | Homewood Pub. Co. | – | 167 | OL25129293M |
| 1901 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18616134M |
| 1900 | W. B. Conkey company | – | 167 | OL26259814M |
| 1900 | Hurst | – | 189 | OL19293699M |
| 1900 | M.A. Donohue | – | 102 | OL19486287M |
| 1900 | W.B. Conkey Co. | – | 167 | OL18827600M |
| 1899 | Hurst | – | 189 | OL16536230M |
| 1899 | G.H. McKibbin | – | 192 | OL26363767M |
| 1899 | International Book Co. | – | 224 | OL18419992M |
| 1899 | The Macmillan Company | – | 224 | OL6442139M |
| 1899 | Lothrop, Lee and Shephard Co. | – | 208 | OL20590744M |
| 1899 | Gilbert H. McKibbin | – | 192 | OL43821664M |
| 1899 | M. F. Mansfield and A. Wessels | – | 139 | OL45010527M |
| 1899 | M.F. Mansfield and A. Wessels | – | 139 | OL43829205M |
| 1899 | Hurst | – | 189 | OL7140957M |
| 1899 | Donohue Brothers | 50 illustrations by John Tenniel | 102 | OL24732400M |
| 1898 | A.L. Burt | – | 268 | OL18680509M |
| 1898 | Macmillan | – | 215 | OL18376832M |
| 1898 | Macmillan | – | 215 | OL18376779M |
| 1898 | Macmillan | – | 231 | OL18268031M |
| 1898 | Macmillan | – | 215 | OL18376771M |
| 1898 | Macmillan | – | 215 | OL18376458M |
| 1898 | Macmillan | – | 122 | OL21805275M |
| 1898 | A.L. Burt | – | 268 | OL18680778M |
| 1898 | Macmillan Company | – | 224 | OL14200658M |
| 1898 | Macmillan Company | – | 224 | OL17898331M |
| 1897 | Macmillan | – | 215 | OL18376264M |
| 1897 | H. Altemus | – | 209 | OL18397521M |
| 1897 | Henry Altemus Company | – | 209 | OL43820286M |
| 1897 | Macmillan | – | 231 | OL18267995M |
| 1897 | Macmillan | – | 227 | OL7083151M |
| 1897 | H. Altemus Co. | – | 209 | OL20371212M |
| 1897 | Macmillan | – | 215 | OL18376234M |
| 1897 | Macmillan and Co., Ltd | – | 215 | OL17546522M |
| 1897 | Henry Altemus | – | 209 | OL7199867M |
| 1897 | H. Altemus Co. | – | 209 | OL18397547M |
| 1897 | Henry Altemus Company | – | 209 | OL43820284M |
| 1896 | Rodgers Co. | – | 235 | OL20790264M |
| 1896 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18376194M |
| 1896 | H. Altemus | – | 209 | OL18397470M |
| 1896 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18380834M |
| 1896 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18376179M |
| 1896 | A.L. Burt | – | 268 | OL22952381M |
| 1896 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18376166M |
| 1895 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18375678M |
| 1895 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18380766M |
| 1894 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18375615M |
| 1894 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18375649M |
| 1893 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18375059M |
| 1893 | T.Y. Crowell & Co. | – | 230 | OL22956491M |
| 1893 | T. Y. Crowell & co. | – | 230 | OL24130025M |
| 1893 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18375084M |
| 1893 | T.Y. Crowell | – | 230 | OL18398374M |
| 1893 | Thomas Y. Crowell & Company | – | 230 | OL43822041M |
| 1893 | T.Y. Crowell | – | 230 | OL18681394M |
| 1891 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18374990M |
| 1891 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18380756M |
| 1891 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18374940M |
| 1890 | Bay View Pub. Co | – | 235 | OL18926908M |
| 1890 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18374913M |
| 1890 | International Book Co. | – | 224 | OL18680938M |
| 1889 | Macmillan Co. | – | 224 | OL18380704M |
| 1889 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18371534M |
| 1889 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18371370M |
| 1889 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18371553M |
| 1887 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18266749M |
| 1887 | Macmillan | – | 208 | OL18371235M |
| 1887 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18266822M |
| 1887 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18266832M |
| 1886 | G. Munro | – | 226 | OL18419935M |
| 1885 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18266693M |
| 1885 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 224 | OL15529259M |
| 1885 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18266687M |
| 1885 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18380475M |
| 1883 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 224 | OL17205508M |
| 1883 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18264964M |
| 1883 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18380271M |
| 1883 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18264975M |
| 1883 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 224 | OL18213634M |
| 1882 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18264960M |
| 1881 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18264906M |
| 1881 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18264916M |
| 1880 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18379413M |
| 1880 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18264894M |
| 1880 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18264881M |
| 1878 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18379396M |
| 1878 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18264766M |
| 1877 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18264762M |
| 1877 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18252528M |
| 1877 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18252537M |
| 1875 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18379367M |
| 1873 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18252482M |
| 1873 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18252438M |
| 1873 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18252429M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18249480M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18249410M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18250397M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18378466M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL21298716M |
| 1872 | Lee and Shepard | – | 224 | OL18379048M |
| 1872 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 224 | OL17870481M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18251582M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18250366M |
| 1872 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 224 | OL21379283M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18252006M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18249392M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18251486M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18251685M |
| 1872 | Macmillan and co. | – | 224 | OL6577289M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18251982M |
| 1872 | Macmillan and Co. | – | 224 | OL14576650M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18250503M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18252043M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18250468M |
| 1872 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL18250453M |
| 1872 | Lee and Shepard | – | 224 | OL45010528M |
| 1871 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 68 | OL54656065M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Through the Looking-Glass?
- About 139 pages: that is the median of 490 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 60 to 276 pages.
- How long does it take to read Through the Looking-Glass?
- About 2 h 27 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
- How many words is Through the Looking-Glass?
- Roughly 38,000 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)).