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    Vocabulary Coverage
    (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%)
    Conventional Readability Formula
    Title Author Translator Born Died 90% 95% 98% 99% 99.5% 99.9% Word Count (Pages) Words per Sentence Syllables per Word Fog Index Flesch Reading Ease Flesch-Kincaid
    Details Ramayana. English Valmiki Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) (1826) (1906) 4000 6000 10000 12000 16000 22000 394725
    (986)
    19.0 1.38 10.5 70.4 8.1
    Details The Good Soldier Ford, Ford Madox 1873 1939 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 18000 74336
    (185)
    19.0 1.45 11.3 65.2 8.9
    Details The Wisdom of Father Brown Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 2000 4000 7000 10000 14000 18000 71271
    (178)
    19.1 1.47 11.4 63.2 9.2
    Details The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under Bunyan, John 1628 1688 2000 4000 8000 11000 14000 20000 56792
    (141)
    19.1 1.33 10.0 75.3 7.5
    Details The Raven Poe, Edgar Allan 1809 1849 4000 7000 10000 13000 17000 24000 7059
    (17)
    19.1 1.55 12.7 56.5 10.1
    Details Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) 1850 1896 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 18000 102413
    (256)
    19.1 1.47 12.0 62.6 9.3
    Details New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in Cotter, John L.Hudson, J. Paul 4000 6000 9000 12000 17000 23000 15759
    (39)
    19.1 1.71 15.1 42.4 12.1
    Details The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson Twain, Mark 1835 1911 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 52382
    (130)
    19.1 1.41 11.0 67.9 8.5
    Details The Mysterious Stranger Twain, Mark 1835 1911 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 41011
    (102)
    19.2 1.39 10.6 69.8 8.3
    Details The Story of Our Submarines Bower, John Graham 1886 1940 3000 4000 7000 10000 15000 17000 52976
    (132)
    19.2 1.5 12.1 60.0 9.7
    Details French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Marie, de France, 12th cent. Mason, Eugene 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 23000 73605
    (184)
    19.2 1.33 10.0 74.8 7.6
    Details Mark Twain's Speeches Twain, Mark 1835 1911 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 17000 92337
    (230)
    19.2 1.47 11.6 63.2 9.2
    Details The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Cherry-Garrard, Apsley 1886 1959 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 18000 240707
    (601)
    19.2 1.43 11.1 66.2 8.8
    Details Euthyphro Plato Jowett, Benjamin 427BC (1817) 347BC (1893) 2000 3000 7000 8000 15000 19000 9188
    (22)
    19.3 1.48 13.0 62.1 9.4
    Details An Essay on Man Pope, Alexander 1688 1744 4000 6000 9000 12000 14000 22000 46424
    (116)
    19.3 1.37 10.5 71.1 8.1
    Details The Minute Man of the Frontier Puddefoot, W. G. 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 54821
    (137)
    19.3 1.43 10.7 66.1 8.8
    Details Shakspere & Typography Blades, William 1824 1890 3000 4000 8000 11000 14000 19000 6763
    (16)
    19.3 1.59 13.4 53.1 10.6
    Details Aesop's Fables Aesop 620BC 563BC 2000 5000 8000 10000 12000 17000 12261
    (30)
    19.3 1.3 9.7 77.1 7.3
    Details A Sailor of King George Hoffman, Frederick, Captain 3000 4000 8000 11000 14000 21000 89006
    (222)
    19.3 1.48 11.9 62.0 9.4
    Details The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914 Various 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 9530
    (23)
    19.3 1.62 13.7 50.2 11.1
    Details Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 188 Burroughs, Barkham 1952 4000 6000 10000 13000 16000 21000 147356
    (368)
    19.3 1.51 12.1 59.8 9.7
    Details Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) Engel, Carl 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 22000 71969
    (179)
    19.4 1.67 15.0 45.6 11.7
    Details The Book of Tea Okakura, Kakuzo 1862 1913 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 17957
    (44)
    19.4 1.61 13.7 51.2 10.9
    Details Ethan Frome Wharton, Edith 1862 1937 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 14000 34572
    (86)
    19.4 1.39 10.3 69.7 8.4
    Details Dombey and Son Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 7000 11000 13000 24000 349083
    (872)
    19.4 1.45 11.5 64.1 9.1
    Details Carmilla Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan 1814 1873 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 19000 27904
    (69)
    19.4 1.5 12.1 60.6 9.6
    Details The Pursuit of God Tozer, A. W. (Aiden Wilson) 1897 1963 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 17000 29000
    (72)
    19.4 1.44 11.6 65.4 9.0
    Details The Pencil of Nature Talbot, William Henry Fox 1800 1877 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 14000 9368
    (23)
    19.4 1.6 13.8 52.0 10.8
    Details Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard) (1924) 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 24000 87152
    (217)
    19.4 1.47 11.8 62.6 9.3
    Details Nicholas Nickleby Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 17000 317769
    (794)
    19.4 1.49 12.3 61.1 9.6
    Details Little Women Alcott, Louisa May 1832 1888 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 16000 185220
    (463)
    19.5 1.41 10.8 68.0 8.6
    Details The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2 Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane) 1873 1915 3000 5000 8000 12000 17000 21000 201803
    (504)
    19.5 1.56 13.2 54.7 10.5
    Details The Consolation of Philosophy Boethius James, H. R. (Henry Rosher) 480 (1862) 525 (1931) 4000 5000 8000 11000 14000 20000 42189
    (105)
    19.5 1.47 12.3 62.6 9.4
    Details Meno Plato Jowett, Benjamin 427BC (1817) 347BC (1893) 2000 3000 5000 7000 10000 16000 22147
    (55)
    19.6 1.5 12.8 59.8 9.8
    Details Tarzan of the Apes Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 5000 7000 10000 12000 16000 84994
    (212)
    19.6 1.45 11.4 64.4 9.1
    Details Discoverers and Explorers Shaw, Edward R. (Edward Richard) 1855 1903 2000 4000 6000 7000 9000 17000 20101
    (50)
    19.6 1.48 12.3 61.4 9.6
    Details The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation 3000 4000 6000 10000 12000 19000 45835
    (114)
    19.7 1.67 14.9 45.4 11.8
    Details The Great God Pan Machen, Arthur 1863 1947 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 17000 21527
    (53)
    19.7 1.45 11.3 64.5 9.2
    Details King Solomon's Mines Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) 1856 1925 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 20000 81742
    (204)
    19.7 1.41 11.1 67.8 8.7
    Details The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems Pope, Alexander 1688 1744 4000 5000 9000 12000 14000 21000 54188
    (135)
    19.7 1.47 12.1 62.2 9.5
    Details The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account o Keller, Helen 1880 1968 2000 3000 5000 7000 9000 14000 133525
    (333)
    19.7 1.46 11.5 63.2 9.3
    Details Three Men in a Boat Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) 1859 1927 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 16000 66360
    (165)
    19.8 1.39 10.6 69.4 8.5
    Details Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 5000 8000 11000 16000 119679
    (299)
    19.8 1.52 13.0 58.1 10.1
    Details The Age of Innocence Wharton, Edith 1862 1937 2000 5000 7000 9000 12000 20000 99922
    (249)
    19.8 1.5 12.3 60.1 9.8
    Details The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe Including Essays on Poetry Poe, Edgar Allan 1809 1849 4000 6000 9000 12000 14000 22000 58756
    (146)
    19.8 1.5 12.5 59.8 9.8
    Details How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five H Benedict, Ralph Paine 2000 4000 7000 12000 12000 21000 59865
    (149)
    19.9 1.57 13.6 54.1 10.7
    Details El Filibusterismo. English Rizal, José Derbyshire, Charles E. 1861 1896 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 21000 113914
    (284)
    19.9 1.55 13.4 55.5 10.5
    Details Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Hall, J. Lesslie (John Lesslie) (1856) (1928) 4000 6000 10000 13000 17000 25000 37282
    (93)
    19.9 1.55 11.9 55.4 10.5
    Details How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents a Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor 1873 1935 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 16000 134858
    (337)
    19.9 1.58 13.6 52.7 10.9
    Details The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Churchill, Winston 1874 1965 3000 5000 9000 13000 13000 23000 124226
    (310)
    19.9 1.61 14.3 50.3 11.2

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    Some of the born/died information of the authors and the translators of the wource data, catalog.rdf provided by the Project Gutenberg, have interrogation marks, which were stripped off in the table of this website for ease of processing the data.
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    The "Pages" shown in the parentheses at the "Word Count" are the results of the division of the "Word Count" by 400, where this website assumes a page of a book includes 400 words.