How many pages is Middlemarch?

About 853 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 318,522 words, about 21 hrs of reading at an average pace.

Is Middlemarch worth reading?

We score it 7.0 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.23 out of 5 from 240 ratings, which counts for 7.7; at about 21 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.7 for its length.

How long is the Middlemarch audiobook?

About 35½ hrs, estimated from the 319,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.

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Middlemarch

Name: Middlemarch
Author: George Eliot

George Eliot

21 hrsto read

7.0worth it

At your speed≈ 21 hrs

Pages853

Audiobook≈ 35½ hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

The complete text runs to 318,522 words, counted word for word. At an average 250 words a minute that is 21 hrs — a week or more of evenings.

Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.23 out of 5, from 240 ratings.

Worth-it score 7.0/10 — Worth the time. Readers 7.7 (Hardcover's 4.23★ from 240 ratings) − length 0.7 = 7.0. How the score works →

How long does it take to read Middlemarch?

The complete text of Middlemarch runs to 318,522 words — about 853 pages in the edition we list. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:

Estimated reading time for Middlemarch at three reading speeds.
Your pace	Words per minute	Time to finish
Slow	175	30½ hrs
Average	250	21 hrs
Fast	400	13½ 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 35½ hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

Common questions

How long does it take to read Middlemarch?: About 21 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. The complete text of Middlemarch runs to 318,522 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 30½ hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 13½ hrs.
How many pages is Middlemarch?: About 853 pages, though editions of a book this old vary a great deal — which is why its reading time comes from the complete text instead: 318,522 words, about 21 hrs of reading at an average pace.
Is Middlemarch worth reading?: We score it 7.0 out of 10 for the time it takes — worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.23 out of 5 from 240 ratings, which counts for 7.7; at about 21 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.7 for its length.
How long is the Middlemarch audiobook?: About 35½ hrs, estimated from the 319,000 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

Eliot’s epic of 19th century provincial social life, set in a fictitious Midlands town in the years 1830-32, has several interlocking storylines blended effortlessly together to form a fully coherent narrative. Its main themes are the status of women, social expectations and hypocrisy, religion, political reform and education.…

It has often been called the greatest novel in the English language.

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