Book · by Hans Christian Andersen · first published 2005
How many pages is Thumbelina?
Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen has a median of 32 pages across 36 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 28 to 32 pages.
How long will Thumbelina take you?
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 | 28 | 10 | 30 min |
| Paperback | 32 | 6 | 34 min |
Editions counted
The 36 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 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 86 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 25 | OL30337049M |
| 2017 | Oxford University Press | – | 32 | OL28634997M |
| 2016 | Floris Books | – | 32 | OL28584265M |
| 2016 | Oxford University Press | – | 32 | OL28597916M |
| 2015 | ChoiceMaker Pty. Limited, The | – | 32 | OL29552020M |
| 2014 | Dark Horse Comics | – | 32 | OL28440169M |
| 2007 | Treasure Bay | Hardcover | 28 | OL12506109M |
| 2006 | Little Hare Books | Hardcover | 16 | OL8777600M |
| 2005 | Scandinavia Publishing House | Hardcover | 24 | OL13426324M |
| 2004 | Classics Illustrated Junior | Paperback | 32 | OL9688658M |
| 2004 | Chronicle Books | Paperback | 32 | OL8002397M |
| 2003 | Picture Window Books | Library binding | 32 | OL8403308M |
| 1997 | Dutton Juvenile | Hardcover | 48 | OL10537020M |
| 1995 | Modern Pub. | – | 24 | OL24606706M |
| 1994 | Modern Publishing | Paperback | 32 | OL12123939M |
| 1994 | Modern Publishing | Paperback | 32 | OL9649940M |
| 1994 | Modern Publishing | Paperback | 32 | OL12123940M |
| 1994 | Modern Publishing | Paperback | 32 | OL9742333M |
| 1991 | Andrews and McMeel | – | 32 | OL1550352M |
| 1991 | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing | Hardcover | 29 | OL8196938M |
| 1991 | Putnam | – | 32 | OL1855224M |
| 1989 | Childs World | School & Library Binding | 27 | OL8251956M |
| 1985 | Picture Book Studio USA | – | 29 | OL2531434M |
| 1984 | Galley Press | Unknown Binding | 24 | OL8307955M |
| 1982 | Ladybird Books | Hardcover | 52 | OL7862132M |
| 1980 | Macdonald General | – | 32 | OL22840427M |
| 1980 | W. Morrow | – | 32 | OL4098666M |
| 1979 | Troll Associates | – | 32 | OL4729994M |
| 1977 | Skandinavisk Bogforlag | – | 28 | OL4609315M |
| 1976 | Random House Children's Books | Hardcover | 32 | OL7764411M |
| 1973 | Kaye & Ward | – | 43 | OL4577825M |
| 1962 | Fratelli Fabbri | – | 42 | OL5876862M |
| 1953 | Simon and Schuster | Hardcover | 26 | OL6131198M |
| 1943 | Hyperion | – | 48 | OL6463542M |
| 1939 | Holiday house | – | 60 | OL6393402M |
| 1911 | Montague Press | – | 25 | OL3122358M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Thumbelina?
- About 32 pages: that is the median of 36 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 16 to 60 pages.
- How long does it take to read Thumbelina?
- About 34 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 2 days.
- How many words is Thumbelina?
- Roughly 9,000 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)).