This table shows the readability data of selected Project Gutenberg eBooks.
Vocabulary Coverage (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%) |
Conventional Readability Formula |
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| 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 | Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 | Welsh, Peter C. | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 14000 | 21000 |
11740 (29) |
15.1 | 1.77 | 14.4 | 41.3 | 11.3 | |||
| Details | Myths and Legends of China | Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) | 1864 | 1954 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
117310 (293) |
21.9 | 1.52 | 13.6 | 55.8 | 10.9 | |
| 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 | Candide | Voltaire | 1694 | 1778 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 | 21000 |
35400 (88) |
18.0 | 1.5 | 11.7 | 61.4 | 9.2 | |
| Details | The Importance of Being Earnest | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 | 21000 |
20449 (51) |
7.8 | 1.55 | 8.4 | 68.1 | 5.7 | |
| Details | Faust | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | Taylor, Bayard | 1749 (1825) | 1832 (1878) | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
36297 (90) |
13.2 | 1.44 | 8.6 | 71.3 | 6.6 |
| Details | Palmistry for All | Cheiro | 1866 | 1936 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 10000 | 21000 |
41356 (103) |
28.5 | 1.51 | 16.3 | 50.3 | 13.3 | |
| Details | Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Pe | Jacob, P. L. | 1806 | 1884 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
155617 (389) |
29.5 | 1.61 | 18.2 | 40.7 | 14.9 | |
| Details | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Irving, Washington | 1783 | 1859 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 21000 |
12209 (30) |
35.0 | 1.51 | 18.3 | 43.9 | 15.8 | |
| Details | Poor Folk in Spain | Gordon, Cora | 1879 | 1950 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
79151 (197) |
17.0 | 1.49 | 11.1 | 63.4 | 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 Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Din | Ziemann, Hugo | 1828 | 1926 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 21000 |
219613 (549) |
15.7 | 1.43 | 9.1 | 69.6 | 7.5 | |
| Details | The Spell of Belgium | Anderson, Isabel | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
89821 (224) |
21.1 | 1.53 | 13.4 | 56.3 | 10.6 | |||
| Details | The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 | 21000 |
91873 (229) |
27.8 | 1.66 | 18.4 | 38.2 | 14.9 | ||||
| Details | The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 3 | Wordsworth, William | 1770 | 1850 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
118027 (295) |
29.5 | 1.48 | 15.9 | 52.0 | 13.3 | |
| Details | The Return of the Native | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 21000 |
140685 (351) |
15.8 | 1.44 | 9.9 | 69.1 | 7.5 | |
| Details | The First Men in the Moon | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) | 1866 | 1946 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 21000 |
67768 (169) |
15.6 | 1.49 | 10.2 | 65.2 | 8.0 | |
| Details | Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales The fiddle and the bow, The paradise of fools, Visions | Taylor, Robt. L. (Robert Love) | 1850 | 1912 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
29397 (73) |
21.5 | 1.46 | 12.3 | 61.5 | 10.0 | |
| Details | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) | Burke, Edmund | 1729 | 1797 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 | 21000 |
161987 (404) |
29.8 | 1.6 | 18.6 | 41.0 | 15.0 | |
| Details | An Imperial Marriage | Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) | 1852 | 1923 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 21000 |
94091 (235) |
14.1 | 1.4 | 8.7 | 73.9 | 6.5 | |
| Details | The Royal Picture Alphabet | Leighton, John | 1822 | 1912 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 | 21000 |
5109 (12) |
17.3 | 1.49 | 11.1 | 63.1 | 8.7 | |
| Details | The Innocents Abroad | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
190987 (477) |
21.8 | 1.49 | 13.0 | 58.5 | 10.5 | |
| Details | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
77252 (193) |
18.8 | 1.58 | 13.2 | 53.7 | 10.5 | |
| Details | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 21000 |
108599 (271) |
18.5 | 1.3 | 8.7 | 78.1 | 7.0 | |
| Details | From sketch-book and diary | Butler, Elizabeth | 1846 | 1933 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
34038 (85) |
23.5 | 1.51 | 13.6 | 55.4 | 11.4 | |
| Details | From Gretna Green to Land's End A Literary Journey in England. | Bates, Katharine Lee | 1859 | 1929 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
71781 (179) |
28.9 | 1.52 | 15.8 | 49.2 | 13.6 | |
| Details | The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Com | Foreman, John, F.R.G.S. | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
303152 (757) |
22.2 | 1.7 | 16.6 | 40.5 | 13.1 | |||
| Details | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Orczy, Baroness Emmuska | 1865 | 1947 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 21000 |
83462 (208) |
19.0 | 1.47 | 11.7 | 63.0 | 9.2 | |
| Details | The Robbers | Schiller, Friedrich | 1759 | 1805 | 4000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
49365 (123) |
9.5 | 1.43 | 7.0 | 76.3 | 5.0 | |
| Details | Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking | Unknown | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
14689 (36) |
10.4 | 1.49 | 7.6 | 70.3 | 6.0 | |||
| Details | The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition | Duncan, A. W. | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
31665 (79) |
14.3 | 1.66 | 12.8 | 51.5 | 9.6 | |||
| Details | Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers | Hughes, Talbot | 1869 | 1942 | 4000 | 5000 | 10000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
30554 (76) |
12.8 | 1.54 | 9.6 | 63.9 | 7.5 | |
| Details | The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplifi | Pierce, Ray Vaughn | 1840 | 1914 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 16000 | 21000 |
381700 (954) |
16.9 | 1.71 | 14.4 | 45.3 | 11.1 | |
| Details | Allan Quatermain | Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) | 1856 | 1925 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 21000 |
105546 (263) |
24.1 | 1.43 | 13.0 | 61.5 | 10.7 | |
| Details | The Book of Household Management | Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) | 1836 | 1865 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
488058 (1220) |
15.8 | 1.5 | 10.5 | 63.9 | 8.3 | |
| Details | Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying O | Zerbe, James Slough | 1850 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
37590 (93) |
11.4 | 1.51 | 9.2 | 67.5 | 6.7 | ||
| Details | Paris and the Social Revolution A Study of the Revolutionary Elements in the Var | Sanborn, Alvan Francis | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 21000 |
114300 (285) |
24.2 | 1.64 | 16.2 | 43.1 | 13.3 | |||
| Details | Beast and Man in India A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in their Relations wit | Kipling, John Lockwood | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
93292 (233) |
25.4 | 1.54 | 15.0 | 51.1 | 12.4 | |||
| Details | The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a | Trusler, John | 1735 | 1820 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 15000 | 21000 |
41272 (103) |
26.5 | 1.58 | 16.4 | 46.4 | 13.4 | |
| Details | Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 | Winslow, Anna Green | 1759 | 1779 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 21000 |
27973 (69) |
17.1 | 1.48 | 10.7 | 64.2 | 8.6 | |
| Details | The Piazza Tales | Melville, Herman | 1819 | 1891 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
78731 (196) |
23.0 | 1.55 | 14.2 | 52.4 | 11.7 | |
| Details | Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise Giving Complete and Simple Dir | Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) | 1871 | 1954 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 14000 | 17000 | 21000 |
10808 (27) |
16.3 | 1.46 | 10.1 | 67.1 | 7.9 | |
| Details | The Four Million | Henry, O. | 1862 | 1910 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
51419 (128) |
14.7 | 1.47 | 9.6 | 67.7 | 7.5 | |
| Details | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 21000 |
98568 (246) |
25.9 | 1.55 | 15.6 | 49.8 | 12.7 | |
| Details | The Voyage of the Beagle | Darwin, Charles | 1809 | 1882 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
210326 (525) |
21.0 | 1.57 | 13.8 | 52.6 | 11.1 | |
| 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 Secret Garden | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 1849 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 21000 |
79765 (199) |
13.2 | 1.35 | 7.4 | 78.9 | 5.5 | |
| Details | The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 21000 |
70421 (176) |
12.3 | 1.41 | 7.9 | 75.2 | 5.8 | |
| Details | The Romance of Tristan and Iseult | Bédier, Joseph | Belloc, Hilaire | 1864 (1870) | 1938 (1953) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 21000 |
25763 (64) |
23.0 | 1.28 | 10.7 | 75.3 | 8.5 |
| Details | History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 | Gibbon, Edward | 1737 | 1794 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 16000 | 21000 |
256688 (641) |
18.6 | 1.72 | 15.8 | 42.3 | 12.0 | |
Notes:
Numbers in the parentheses of the born/died information denotes the translators' born/died year.
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.
The authors and the translators displayed in the table are only one of multiple data stated in the catalog.rdf, if the work is composed by more than one author or translator, for ease of processing the data in this website.
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.