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 | Treasure Island | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
67669 (169) |
17.9 | 1.35 | 9.3 | 74.3 | 7.3 | |
Details | The Valley of Fear | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
57012 (142) |
13.3 | 1.41 | 8.6 | 74.3 | 6.2 | |
Details | The Madman | Gibran, Khalil | 1883 | 1931 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
7034 (17) |
17.5 | 1.36 | 9.1 | 74.3 | 7.2 | |
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 | A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 |
28431 (71) |
14.6 | 1.39 | 8.6 | 74.4 | 6.5 | |
Details | The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 | Marlowe, Christopher | 1564 | 1593 | 4000 | 6000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 | 24000 |
20740 (51) |
10.7 | 1.44 | 7.4 | 74.4 | 5.5 | |
Details | Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
65413 (163) |
18.0 | 1.35 | 9.2 | 74.4 | 7.3 | ||||
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 | Lulu's Library, Volume I (of 3) | Alcott, Louisa May | 1832 | 1888 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
50272 (125) |
19.9 | 1.33 | 9.5 | 74.4 | 7.8 | |
Details | Anne's House of Dreams | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) | 1874 | 1942 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
78051 (195) |
13.7 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 74.6 | 6.3 | |
Details | Children's Hour with Red Riding Hood and Other Stories | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 12000 | 15000 | 15000 |
2706 (6) |
18.5 | 1.34 | 9.2 | 74.6 | 7.5 | ||||
Details | The Game of Logic | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 |
13040 (32) |
8.5 | 1.46 | 7.4 | 74.7 | 4.9 | |
Details | Dan Carter and the Great Carved Face | Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) | 1905 | 2002 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 | 13000 |
35128 (87) |
9.9 | 1.44 | 7.8 | 74.7 | 5.3 | |
Details | The Alchemist | Jonson, Ben | 1573 | 1637 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 | 24000 |
47958 (119) |
7.6 | 1.47 | 7.0 | 74.7 | 4.7 | |
Details | The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Younges | Various | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
8003 (20) |
13.2 | 1.4 | 7.9 | 74.8 | 6.1 | |||
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 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 | 19000 |
26821 (67) |
16.4 | 1.36 | 8.7 | 74.9 | 6.9 | |
Details | The Adventure of the Dying Detective | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 |
5730 (14) |
10.4 | 1.43 | 7.6 | 75.0 | 5.4 | |
Details | Deathworld | Harrison, Harry | 1925 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 17000 |
56945 (142) |
11.4 | 1.42 | 7.5 | 75.0 | 5.6 | ||
Details | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 | 19000 |
26275 (65) |
16.6 | 1.36 | 8.7 | 75.1 | 6.9 | |
Details | Oedipus Trilogy | Sophocles | Storr, Francis | 495BC (1839) | 406BC (1919) | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 19000 | 24000 |
37158 (92) |
14.7 | 1.38 | 8.9 | 75.1 | 6.4 |
Details | Rainbow Valley | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) | 1874 | 1942 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 |
79562 (198) |
12.6 | 1.41 | 7.9 | 75.1 | 5.9 | |
Details | The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanator | Aeschylus | Murray, Gilbert | 525BC (1866) | 456BC (1957) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
20586 (51) |
13.1 | 1.4 | 8.4 | 75.1 | 6.1 |
Details | Stories from Hans Andersen | Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) | 1805 | 1875 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
36988 (92) |
18.2 | 1.34 | 9.4 | 75.1 | 7.3 | |
Details | The Orchard Secret Arden Blake Mystery Series #1 | Garis, Cleo | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
50450 (126) |
11.0 | 1.43 | 7.5 | 75.1 | 5.5 | |||
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 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 | An Enemy of the People | Ibsen, Henrik | Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) | 1828 (1864) | 1906 (1945) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
30158 (75) |
8.8 | 1.45 | 6.7 | 75.2 | 5.0 |
Details | An Ideal Husband | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 17000 |
28974 (72) |
7.5 | 1.47 | 6.3 | 75.2 | 4.6 | |
Details | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
9601 (24) |
15.3 | 1.37 | 8.2 | 75.3 | 6.5 | |
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 | Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | 1772 | 1834 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
21413 (53) |
20.3 | 1.31 | 9.8 | 75.3 | 7.8 | |
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 | Heidi (Gift Edition) | Spyri, Johanna | Stork, Elisabeth P. (Elisabeth Pausinger) | 1827 | 1901 | 1000 | 2000 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12000 |
51302 (128) |
13.6 | 1.39 | 8.4 | 75.4 | 6.1 |
Details | Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Ho | Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert) | 1871 | 1930 | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 14000 | 19000 | 19000 |
36773 (91) |
18.6 | 1.33 | 9.6 | 75.4 | 7.4 | |
Details | The Monkey's Paw The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 2. | Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) | 1863 | 1943 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
3926 (9) |
12.7 | 1.4 | 8.0 | 75.4 | 5.9 | |
Details | The Adventure of the Red Circle | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 9000 | 14000 |
7197 (17) |
11.7 | 1.41 | 7.9 | 75.5 | 5.6 | |
Details | Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews | United States. Work Projects Administration | 2000 | 6000 | 9000 | 15000 | 20000 | 22000 |
126940 (317) |
17.2 | 1.35 | 8.8 | 75.6 | 7.0 | |||
Details | The Sea-Gull | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | 1860 | 1904 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 16000 |
18866 (47) |
9.7 | 1.43 | 7.0 | 75.7 | 5.1 | |
Details | Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm | Grimm, Wilhelm | Crane, Lucy | 1786 (1842) | 1859 (1882) | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
88523 (221) |
22.3 | 1.28 | 10.5 | 75.7 | 8.2 |
Details | The Prisoner of Zenda | Hope, Anthony | 1863 | 1933 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
53278 (133) |
13.7 | 1.38 | 8.1 | 75.9 | 6.1 | |
Details | The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '65 | Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline) | 1842 | 1930 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 18000 |
6761 (16) |
12.9 | 1.39 | 7.6 | 75.9 | 5.9 | |
Details | The Mystery of Jockey Hollow Arden Blake Mystery Series #2 | Garis, Cleo | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
45337 (113) |
11.1 | 1.41 | 7.5 | 75.9 | 5.4 | |||
Details | Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
169364 (423) |
18.2 | 1.33 | 9.2 | 76.0 | 7.2 | ||||
Details | The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes | Terence | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) | (1816) | (1878) | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 18000 | 23000 |
125987 (314) |
9.6 | 1.43 | 7.7 | 76.1 | 5.0 |
Details | Grimm's Fairy Tales | Grimm, Jacob | 1785 | 1863 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
100994 (252) |
22.3 | 1.28 | 10.4 | 76.2 | 8.2 | |
Details | Uncle Vanya | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | 1860 | 1904 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 10000 | 16000 |
16391 (40) |
8.8 | 1.44 | 7.1 | 76.2 | 4.8 | |
Details | Life in the Iron-Mills; or, the Korl Woman | Davis, Rebecca Harding | 1831 | 1910 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 |
14838 (37) |
13.6 | 1.38 | 7.8 | 76.2 | 6.0 | |
Details | The Golden Goose Book | Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) | 1862 | 1940 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 14000 | 14000 |
5262 (13) |
21.4 | 1.29 | 10.3 | 76.2 | 7.9 | |
Details | The Defenders | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 14000 |
8545 (21) |
8.9 | 1.44 | 6.9 | 76.2 | 4.9 |
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.