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Book · by Fiódor Dostoievski · first published 1923

How many pages is White Nights?

White Nights by Fiódor Dostoievski has a median of 302 pages across 12 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 275 to 388 pages.

Median pages
302
12 editions counted
Range
180–526
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
83k
at 275 words per page

How long will White Nights 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
5 h 19 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20040018501900195020001848: 342 pages1958: 294 pages1958: 294 pages1970: 324 pages2016: 180 pages2017: 188 pages2017: 524 pages2017: 524 pages2017: 526 pages2018: 302 pages2018: 302 pages2018: 218 pagesmedian 302
200400190020001848: 342 pages1958: 294 pages1958: 294 pages1970: 324 pages2016: 180 pages2017: 188 pages2017: 524 pages2017: 524 pages2017: 526 pages2018: 302 pages2018: 302 pages2018: 218 pagesmedian 302
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 12 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 9 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 124 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–302OL55836160M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–302OL56595714M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–218OL55057804M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–188OL56313453M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–524OL55219899M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–524OL56118101M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–526OL56147098M
2016CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–180OL54908428M

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Questions

How many pages is White Nights?
About 302 pages: that is the median of 12 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 180 to 526 pages.
How long does it take to read White Nights?
About 5 h 19 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is White Nights?
Roughly 83,000 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)).