How many pages is Anna Karenina?

About 1480 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 350,547 words, about 23½ hrs of reading at an average pace.

Is Anna Karenina worth reading?

We score it 6.1 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.02 out of 5 from 962 ratings, which counts for 6.9; at about 23½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.8 for its length.

How long is the Anna Karenina audiobook?

About 39 hrs, estimated from the 351,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy

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Anna Karenina

Name: Anna Karenina
Author: Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy

23½ hrsto read

6.1worth it

At your speed≈ 23½ hrs

Pages1480

Audiobook≈ 39 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

The complete text runs to 350,547 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 23½ hrs — a week or more of evenings.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.02 out of 5, from 962 ratings.

Worth-it score 6.1/10 — Worth it for some readers. Readers 6.9 (Hardcover's 4.02★ from 962 ratings) − length 0.8 = 6.1. How the score works →

How long does it take to read Anna Karenina?

The complete text of Anna Karenina runs to 350,547 words — about 1480 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Anna Karenina at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	33½ hrs
Average	250	23½ hrs
Fast	400	14½ hrs

Counted word for word from the complete public-domain text on Project Gutenberg, so these times don't depend on any one edition's page count. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 39 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Anna Karenina?: About 23½ hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of Anna Karenina runs to 350,547 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 33½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 14½ hrs.
How many pages is Anna Karenina?: About 1480 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 350,547 words, about 23½ hrs of reading at an average pace.
Is Anna Karenina worth reading?: We score it 6.1 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth it for some readers. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.02 out of 5 from 962 ratings, which counts for 6.9; at about 23½ hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.8 for its length.
How long is the Anna Karenina audiobook?: About 39 hrs, estimated from the 351,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

From the publisher

Acclaimed by many as the world's greatest novel, Anna Karenina provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. In it Tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in all of literature.…

Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences. Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author's own views and convictions. Throughout, Tolstoy points no moral, merely inviting us not to judge but to watch. As Rosemary Edmonds comments, 'He leaves the shifting patterns of the kaleidoscope to bring home the meaning of the brooding words following the title, 'Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

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