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 | The Swastika The Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration; with Observations on | Wilson, Thomas | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 18000 | 22000 |
94225 (235) |
9.4 | 1.66 | 10.9 | 57.1 | 7.6 | |||
| 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 | The Seven Plays in English Verse | Sophocles | Campbell, Lewis | 495BC (1830) | 406BC (1908) | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 16000 | 23000 |
91256 (228) |
9.5 | 1.36 | 6.6 | 82.2 | 4.2 |
| 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 | Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory No | Sophocles | Murray, Gilbert | 495BC (1866) | 406BC (1957) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 | 23000 |
17732 (44) |
9.6 | 1.35 | 6.9 | 82.5 | 4.1 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Steam, Its Generation and Use | Babcock & Wilcox Company | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 | 20000 |
120558 (301) |
9.8 | 1.67 | 10.7 | 56.0 | 7.9 | |||
| Details | The Handbook of Soap Manufacture | Simmons, W. H. (William Herbert)Appleton, H. A. | 4000 | 9000 | 15000 | 17000 | 19000 | 24000 |
53752 (134) |
9.8 | 1.76 | 12.2 | 48.1 | 9.0 | |||
| Details | Sons and Lovers | Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) | 1885 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 |
158692 (396) |
9.8 | 1.38 | 6.4 | 80.6 | 4.4 | |
| Details | The Eyes Have It | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 12000 |
1120 (2) |
9.8 | 1.53 | 8.5 | 67.8 | 6.2 | |
| Details | Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | West, Julius | 1860 (1891) | 1904 (1918) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
66807 (167) |
9.8 | 1.46 | 7.6 | 73.3 | 5.5 |
| Details | Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation | Thomssen, E. G. | 4000 | 7000 | 14000 | 17000 | 18000 | 22000 |
59096 (147) |
9.9 | 1.67 | 10.7 | 55.9 | 7.9 | |||
| 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 | Little Philippe of Belgium | Brandeis, Madeline | 1897 | 1937 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 6000 | 7000 | 11000 |
17734 (44) |
9.9 | 1.39 | 6.5 | 79.0 | 4.7 | |
| 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 | The Cask of Amontillado | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 3000 | 6000 | 11000 | 17000 | 19000 | 19000 |
2302 (5) |
10.0 | 1.51 | 8.4 | 68.9 | 6.1 | |
| Details | McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition | Mc | 1800 | 1873 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 |
7379 (18) |
10.1 | 1.27 | 5.3 | 89.4 | 3.3 | |
| Details | Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples | Brown, Frank Chouteau | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
20014 (50) |
10.1 | 1.75 | 11.9 | 48.1 | 9.1 | |||
| Details | The Mysterious Affair at Styles | Christie, Agatha | 1890 | 1976 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
55542 (138) |
10.2 | 1.49 | 8.5 | 70.3 | 6.0 | |
| Details | The Grammar of English Grammars | Brown, Goold | 1791 | 1857 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
875923 (2189) |
10.3 | 1.55 | 9.6 | 65.3 | 6.7 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking | Unknown | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
14689 (36) |
10.4 | 1.49 | 7.6 | 70.3 | 6.0 | |||
| Details | The Red House Mystery | Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander) | 1882 | 1956 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 |
59849 (149) |
10.4 | 1.41 | 7.4 | 77.2 | 5.1 | |
| 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 | 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 Garden Party and Other Stories | Mansfield, Katherine | 1888 | 1923 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
56598 (141) |
10.5 | 1.39 | 6.6 | 78.9 | 4.9 | |
| Details | Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary Col | Campbell, Douglas Houghton | 1859 | 1953 | 4000 | 7000 | 13000 | 18000 | 21000 | 24000 |
68439 (171) |
10.5 | 1.63 | 10.1 | 58.4 | 7.7 | |
| Details | The Invention of the Sewing Machine | Cooper, Grace Rogers | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
44774 (111) |
10.5 | 1.71 | 10.8 | 51.1 | 8.8 | |||
| Details | Plays | Glaspell, Susan | 1882 | 1948 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 13000 |
52567 (131) |
10.5 | 1.36 | 6.7 | 80.9 | 4.6 | |
| Details | Little Jeanne of France | Brandeis, Madeline | 1897 | 1937 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 17000 | 17000 |
15537 (38) |
10.6 | 1.39 | 6.4 | 78.6 | 4.9 | |
| 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 | My Man Jeeves | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 19000 |
50312 (125) |
10.8 | 1.4 | 7.0 | 77.1 | 5.2 | |
| Details | A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) | Cutter, Calvin | 1807 | 1872 | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 15000 | 19000 | 24000 |
134981 (337) |
10.9 | 1.62 | 10.9 | 58.6 | 7.8 | |
| 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 Burglars' Club A Romance in Twelve Chronicles | Hering, Henry A. | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 22000 |
51301 (128) |
11.1 | 1.49 | 8.8 | 69.2 | 6.4 | |||
| 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 | Ulysses | Joyce, James | 1882 | 1941 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 14000 | 18000 | 23000 |
260586 (651) |
11.2 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 68.9 | 6.4 | |
| Details | The Sex Life of the Gods | Knerr, Michael | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
32090 (80) |
11.2 | 1.39 | 7.0 | 78.3 | 5.1 | |||
| Details | Everyman, with other interludes, including eight miracle plays | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 15000 | 19000 | 24000 |
54310 (135) |
11.2 | 1.35 | 7.0 | 81.1 | 4.7 | ||||
| Details | Women in Love | Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) | 1885 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
179224 (448) |
11.2 | 1.45 | 8.1 | 72.8 | 5.9 | |
| 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 | Love Among the Chickens | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
49955 (124) |
11.2 | 1.45 | 7.9 | 72.7 | 5.9 | |
| Details | Keats: Poems Published in 1820 | Keats, John | 1795 | 1821 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 | 24000 |
38774 (96) |
11.3 | 1.43 | 7.9 | 74.1 | 5.7 | |
| Details | Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme | Molière | Jones, Philip Dwight | 1622 | 1673 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 10000 | 14000 | 16000 |
18257 (45) |
11.3 | 1.49 | 8.4 | 69.7 | 6.3 |
| Details | A Room with a View | Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan) | 1879 | 1970 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
65560 (163) |
11.3 | 1.45 | 8.3 | 72.5 | 5.9 | |
| Details | Volpone; Or, the Fox | Jonson, Ben | 1573 | 1637 | 4000 | 7000 | 12000 | 16000 | 20000 | 24000 |
48543 (121) |
11.3 | 1.5 | 8.8 | 68.9 | 6.4 | |
| Details | The Anatomy of Melancholy | Burton, Robert | 1577 | 1640 | 4000 | 8000 | 14000 | 17000 | 20000 | 24000 |
513147 (1282) |
11.3 | 1.67 | 11.6 | 54.3 | 8.5 | |
| 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 | ||
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.