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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 Phèdre. English Racine, Jean Boswell, Robert Bruce 1639 1699 4000 5000 9000 11000 14000 18000 13981
    (34)    		 14.1 1.4 8.5 74.3 6.4
    Details The Mysteries of Udolpho Radcliffe, Ann Ward 1764 1823 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 18000 289394
    (723)    		 27.3 1.53 16.5 49.8 13.1
    Details Anthem Rand, Ayn 1905 1982 1000 2000 4000 6000 7000 11000 19042
    (47)    		 15.2 1.26 7.4 84.9 5.2
    Details The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affectin Record, Samuel J. (Samuel James) 1881 1945 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 22000 42645
    (106)    		 9.4 1.6 9.7 62.1 6.9
    Details Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Richardson, Samuel 1689 1761 2000 3000 6000 8000 12000 17000 221156
    (552)    		 26.6 1.37 13.2 63.7 11.0
    Details The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put Riley, Harvey 2000 4000 6000 8000 12000 19000 28496
    (71)    		 21.3 1.43 12.1 64.4 9.6
    Details The Social Cancer Rizal, José Derbyshire, Charles E. 1861 1896 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 21000 173896
    (434)    		 17.9 1.52 12.1 60.3 9.3
    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 Merlin A Poem Robinson, Edwin Arlington 1869 1935 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 21993
    (54)    		 29.6 1.35 14.5 62.2 11.9
    Details Roget's Thesaurus Roget, Peter Mark 1779 1869 10000 14000 19000 21000 23000 25000 180410
    (451)    		 9.1 1.94 13.6 33.6 10.8
    Details Irene Iddesleigh Ros, Amanda Mc 1860 1939 3000 5000 8000 9000 11000 15000 33703
    (84)    		 30.3 1.56 17.4 44.2 14.6
    Details Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Comprising instructions in the selection and prep Rose, Joshua 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 63754
    (159)    		 17.0 1.53 11.8 60.1 9.1
    Details Cyrano De Bergerac Rostand, Edmond Thomas, Gladys 1868 1918 3000 6000 10000 14000 17000 23000 34576
    (86)    		 9.7 1.45 7.4 74.4 5.3
    Details The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712 1778 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 274389
    (685)    		 30.2 1.57 17.9 43.2 14.7
    Details Emile Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712 1778 2000 3000 6000 7000 10000 14000 251868
    (629)    		 25.8 1.44 14.1 58.8 11.5
    Details Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Rowlandson, Mary White 1635 1710 2000 4000 7000 11000 15000 19000 20128
    (50)    		 25.9 1.35 12.9 66.1 10.5
    Details The Elements of Drawing In Three Letters to Beginners Ruskin, John 1819 1900 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 16000 72573
    (181)    		 29.6 1.47 16.0 52.7 13.3
    Details The Problems of Philosophy Russell, Bertrand 1872 1970 2000 3000 4000 6000 8000 15000 42186
    (105)    		 27.3 1.56 16.8 47.2 13.5
    Details Political Ideals Russell, Bertrand 1872 1970 3000 3000 5000 7000 9000 12000 22188
    (55)    		 25.4 1.64 16.9 42.1 13.7
    Details The Analysis of Mind Russell, Bertrand 1872 1970 3000 3000 5000 6000 8000 15000 88527
    (221)    		 24.8 1.63 16.8 43.3 13.4
    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 Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1 Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane) 1873 1915 3000 5000 9000 12000 17000 22000 175708
    (439)    		 16.8 1.62 12.6 53.1 10.0
    Details The Civil War in America Fuller's Modern Age, August 1861 Russell, William Howard, Sir 1820 1907 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 20000 80322
    (200)    		 29.0 1.55 17.0 46.6 14.0
    Details Captain Blood Sabatini, Rafael 1875 1950 3000 5000 9000 12000 14000 22000 112331
    (280)    		 14.5 1.48 10.2 66.7 7.6
    Details Venus in Furs Sacher-Masoch, Leopold, Ritter von Savage, Fernanda 1836 1895 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 17000 41668
    (104)    		 14.3 1.49 9.5 66.6 7.5
    Details The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson Saemund Sigfusson Blackwell, I. A. 1179 1241 4000 6000 10000 12000 15000 23000 84459
    (211)    		 11.7 1.42 7.6 75.2 5.7
    Details The Chronicles of Clovis Saki 1870 1916 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 52069
    (130)    		 20.8 1.57 13.7 52.5 11.1
    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 The Life of Reason The Phases of Human Progress Santayana, George 1863 1952 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 19000 317310
    (793)    		 29.2 1.72 19.8 31.8 16.1
    Details Old Plantation Days Being Recollections of Southern Life Before the Civil War Saussure, Mrs. N. B. de 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 16693
    (41)    		 22.3 1.47 13.0 59.5 10.5
    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 Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller Schiller, Friedrich 1759 1805 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 145128
    (362)    		 32.5 1.6 19.5 38.3 16.0
    Details Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of Schlebecker, John T. 4000 6000 9000 11000 13000 18000 22455
    (56)    		 7.1 1.71 9.7 54.7 7.4
    Details The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) Schopenhauer, Arthur 1788 1860 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 200546
    (501)    		 34.4 1.6 20.0 36.7 16.7
    Details The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 3 of 3) Schopenhauer, Arthur 1788 1860 3000 4000 9000 11000 14000 19000 184276
    (460)    		 22.1 1.62 15.5 47.0 12.2
    Details Old Scrooge: A Christmas Carol in Five Staves. Dramatized from Charles Dickens' Scott, Charles A. 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 15000 13160
    (32)    		 6.6 1.39 5.1 82.1 3.4
    Details Rob Roy — Complete Scott, Walter, Sir 1771 1832 3000 5000 9000 13000 18000 24000 190693
    (476)    		 29.9 1.53 17.0 46.9 14.2
    Details Ivanhoe Scott, Walter, Sir 1771 1832 4000 6000 10000 12000 15000 22000 190957
    (477)    		 28.7 1.49 16.0 51.5 13.2
    Details A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago Sedgwick, Anne Douglas 1873 1935 2000 5000 8000 12000 15000 22000 27814
    (69)    		 22.9 1.47 12.8 59.5 10.7
    Details The Invention of Lithography Senefelder, Alois Muller, J. W. 3000 4000 7000 12000 13000 17000 87110
    (217)    		 24.2 1.54 14.5 52.3 12.0
    Details Edison's Conquest of Mars Serviss, Garrett Putman 1851 1929 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 64861
    (162)    		 21.5 1.54 14.1 54.7 11.0
    Details Black Beauty Sewell, Anna 1820 1878 1000 2000 5000 7000 9000 15000 59721
    (149)    		 23.5 1.31 10.9 72.5 9.0
    Details An English Grammar Sewell, James Witt 1865 1955 3000 6000 9000 12000 14000 22000 73343
    (183)    		 9.9 1.56 9.7 64.8 6.7
    Details South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir 1874 1922 2000 4000 8000 10000 14000 17000 144681
    (361)    		 17.8 1.47 11.0 64.4 8.7
    Details The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 4000 6000 10000 14000 19000 23000 897318
    (2243)    		 9.5 1.4 6.8 79.1 4.6
    Details Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 4000 7000 11000 15000 19000 23000 25924
    (64)    		 8.0 1.32 5.1 86.7 3.2
    Details Hamlet Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 3000 6000 9000 13000 15000 22000 28983
    (72)    		 8.3 1.43 6.8 77.6 4.5
    Details Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare Shakespeare, William 1564 1616 2000 4000 8000 10000 13000 23000 47634
    (119)    		 16.0 1.44 10.5 68.4 7.7
    Details A Watcher in The Woods Sharp, Dallas Lore 1870 1929 2000 5000 8000 10000 14000 22000 30932
    (77)    		 20.5 1.42 10.9 65.8 9.2
    Details Mrs. Warren's Profession Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 2000 4000 9000 11000 12000 17000 34153
    (85)    		 12.7 1.47 9.0 69.2 6.8

    Notes:

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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.