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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 Maggie, a Girl of the Streets Crane, Stephen 1871 1900 4000 6000 9000 10000 12000 18000 22287
    (55)
    11.7 1.47 8.3 70.5 6.3
    Details McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book Mc 1800 1873 8000 11000 15000 19000 21000 24000 20113
    (50)
    11.6 1.47 6.8 70.5 6.3
    Details American Fairy Tales Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 31719
    (79)
    16.3 1.41 9.7 70.6 7.5
    Details The Adventure of the Cardboard Box Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 5000 7000 9000 14000 8609
    (21)
    16.7 1.41 9.7 70.6 7.6
    Details The Red Badge of Courage Crane, Stephen 1871 1900 3000 5000 8000 9000 12000 16000 45599
    (113)
    12.7 1.46 9.0 70.6 6.6
    Details Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Bes 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 20000 146705
    (366)
    15.3 1.43 9.6 70.6 7.2
    Details Eve's Diary, Complete Twain, Mark 1835 1911 1000 3000 5000 7000 9000 15000 6746
    (16)
    19.9 1.37 10.4 70.6 8.4
    Details The Cid Corneille, Pierre Mongan, Roscoe 1606 1684 4000 5000 8000 10000 11000 16000 18903
    (47)
    12.1 1.46 8.8 70.7 6.4
    Details Japanese Fairy Tales Ozaki, Yei Theodora 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 70489
    (176)
    20.6 1.36 10.9 70.7 8.5
    Details The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 Marlowe, Christopher 1564 1593 4000 6000 11000 15000 20000 23000 19258
    (48)
    12.3 1.46 8.2 70.8 6.4
    Details The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 16000 103757
    (259)
    14.9 1.43 9.3 70.8 7.1
    Details A Concise Dictionary of Middle English From A.D. 1150 to 1580 -Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William) 1835 1912 7000 13000 14000 19000 22000 25000 99841
    (249)
    2.9 1.57 5.4 70.8 4.1
    Details Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) 1860 1937 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 12000 1073
    (2)
    20.2 1.37 10.7 70.8 8.4
    Details The Adventures of Sally Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 76500
    (191)
    12.1 1.46 8.5 70.8 6.4
    Details The Sea Wolf London, Jack 1876 1916 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 105143
    (262)
    15.0 1.43 9.1 70.8 7.1
    Details Anne of Avonlea Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) 1874 1942 2000 4000 7000 8000 10000 15000 88170
    (220)
    15.5 1.42 9.5 70.8 7.2
    Details Sport Royal and other stories Hope, Anthony 1863 1933 2000 4000 7000 9000 13000 21000 27491
    (68)
    10.4 1.48 8.3 70.8 6.0
    Details The Secret Sharer Conrad, Joseph 1857 1924 2000 4000 7000 8000 12000 17000 16439
    (41)
    14.4 1.43 9.0 70.9 6.9
    Details Through Welsh Doorways Marks, Jeannette Augustus 1875 1964 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 23000 41010
    (102)
    15.1 1.43 9.0 70.9 7.1
    Details Of Human Bondage Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) 1874 1965 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 16000 258577
    (646)
    15.5 1.42 9.6 70.9 7.2
    Details The Return of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 111170
    (277)
    14.2 1.44 9.2 71.0 6.9
    Details The Return of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 111491
    (278)
    14.1 1.44 9.1 71.0 6.9
    Details Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) 1874 1942 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 101388
    (253)
    14.7 1.43 9.3 71.1 7.0
    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 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James 1882 1941 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 84537
    (211)
    15.8 1.41 9.3 71.2 7.2
    Details The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronic Newton, Isaac, Sir 1642 1727 3000 4000 7000 12000 17000 18000 69813
    (174)
    15.0 1.42 10.0 71.2 7.0
    Details Little Black Sambo Bannerman, Helen 1862 1946 4000 5000 12000 12000 12000 12000 1153
    (2)
    16.0 1.41 9.0 71.2 7.3
    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 The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Complete Dante Alighieri Cary, Henry Francis 1265 (1772) 1321 (1844) 4000 7000 11000 14000 17000 23000 36446
    (91)
    22.3 1.34 11.1 71.3 8.8
    Details The Variable Man Dick, Philip K. 1928 1982 2000 4000 6000 8000 9000 18000 24824
    (62)
    7.8 1.51 7.4 71.3 5.3
    Details Shelters, Shacks and Shanties Beard, Daniel Carter 1850 1941 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 19000 50042
    (125)
    17.8 1.39 10.1 71.4 7.7
    Details Rilla of Ingleside Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) 1874 1942 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 15000 101158
    (252)
    15.1 1.42 9.0 71.5 7.0
    Details Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 42069
    (105)
    16.3 1.4 9.8 71.5 7.3
    Details Pygmalion Shaw, Bernard 1856 1950 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 17000 33146
    (82)
    10.4 1.48 8.2 71.5 5.9
    Details The Sign of the Four Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 42939
    (107)
    14.7 1.42 9.0 71.6 6.9
    Details Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) 1805 1875 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 16000 370669
    (926)
    20.0 1.36 10.4 71.6 8.2
    Details The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 7617
    (19)
    12.1 1.45 8.5 71.6 6.3
    Details The Thirty-Nine Steps Buchan, John 1875 1940 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 40737
    (101)
    15.5 1.41 8.9 71.6 7.1
    Details Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore Ralston, William Ralston Shedden (1828) (1889) 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 17000 127694
    (319)
    14.6 1.42 9.1 71.6 6.9
    Details Dubliners Joyce, James 1882 1941 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 66695
    (166)
    14.3 1.43 9.0 71.7 6.8
    Details Kidnapped Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 22000 81525
    (203)
    21.2 1.34 10.3 71.7 8.5
    Details The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 58816
    (147)
    15.1 1.42 9.3 71.7 7.0
    Details Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete Dickinson, Emily 1830 1886 4000 6000 10000 12000 14000 22000 30572
    (76)
    13.2 1.44 8.9 71.7 6.6
    Details The Forsyte Saga - Complete Galsworthy, John 1867 1933 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 313254
    (783)
    14.3 1.43 9.1 71.7 6.8
    Details A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 6000 9000 12000 18000 29348
    (73)
    12.3 1.45 8.4 71.7 6.3
    Details The Hound of the Baskervilles Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 58745
    (146)
    15.0 1.42 9.3 71.8 7.0
    Details A Damsel in Distress Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 76064
    (190)
    11.6 1.46 8.3 71.8 6.1
    Details Alice's Adventures Under Ground Being a facsimile of the original Ms. book after Carroll, Lewis 1832 1898 2000 3000 6000 8000 14000 21000 15023
    (37)
    18.5 1.37 9.7 71.8 7.8
    Details Psmith, Journalist Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 56439
    (141)
    11.2 1.46 8.2 71.9 6.0
    Details The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 3000 5000 8000 9000 16000 10626
    (26)
    11.6 1.46 8.5 71.9 6.1

    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.