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 | North and South | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn | 1810 | 1865 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
179050 (447) |
16.8 | 1.41 | 10.0 | 70.3 | 7.6 | |
| Details | Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover | Anonymous | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
32078 (80) |
36.5 | 1.52 | 19.6 | 41.2 | 16.6 | |||
| 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 Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 | James, Henry | 1843 | 1916 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
115618 (289) |
16.4 | 1.49 | 11.1 | 64.4 | 8.4 | |
| 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 | On Liberty | Mill, John Stuart | 1806 | 1873 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
51737 (129) |
35.8 | 1.64 | 21.3 | 31.8 | 17.7 | |
| Details | Piper in the Woods | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 | 14000 |
7221 (18) |
7.9 | 1.41 | 6.3 | 79.3 | 4.2 | |
| 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 | The Great God Pan | Machen, Arthur | 1863 | 1947 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
21527 (53) |
19.7 | 1.45 | 11.3 | 64.5 | 9.2 | |
| Details | How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents a | Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor | 1873 | 1935 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
134858 (337) |
19.9 | 1.58 | 13.6 | 52.7 | 10.9 | |
| Details | Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms | Stein, Gertrude | 1874 | 1946 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
14968 (37) |
15.1 | 1.46 | 9.3 | 68.2 | 7.5 | |
| Details | The Minute Man of the Frontier | Puddefoot, W. G. | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
54821 (137) |
19.3 | 1.43 | 10.7 | 66.1 | 8.8 | |||
| Details | Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Park, Robert Ezra | 1864 | 1944 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
388459 (971) |
14.6 | 1.73 | 13.7 | 45.3 | 10.6 | |
| 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 | Symposium | Plato | Jowett, Benjamin | 427BC (1817) | 347BC (1893) | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
32513 (81) |
31.4 | 1.49 | 17.4 | 49.1 | 14.2 |
| Details | Fifty Years in Chains Or, the Life of an American Slave | Ball, Charles | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
105338 (263) |
35.5 | 1.43 | 17.9 | 49.7 | 15.1 | |||
| Details | The Skull | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 14000 | 14000 | 14000 |
7747 (19) |
7.0 | 1.39 | 5.4 | 81.9 | 3.6 | |
| Details | Amusements in Mathematics | Dudeney, Henry Ernest | 1857 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
146902 (367) |
15.8 | 1.48 | 10.6 | 65.5 | 8.1 | |
| Details | The Mysterious Stranger | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
41011 (102) |
19.2 | 1.39 | 10.6 | 69.8 | 8.3 | |
| Details | The history of Herodotus — Volume 2 | Herodotus | Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell) | 480BC (1852) | 420BC (1915) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
145187 (362) |
39.5 | 1.5 | 20.9 | 40.1 | 17.5 |
| 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 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 | The Princess of Cleves | La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) | 1634 | 1693 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 |
61526 (153) |
56.6 | 1.45 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 23.5 | |
| 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 Kingdom of God Is Within You | Tolstoy, Leo, graf | Garnett, Constance | 1828 (1861) | 1910 (1946) | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
123231 (308) |
31.0 | 1.56 | 18.3 | 43.6 | 14.9 |
| Details | An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Editi | Locke, John | 1632 | 1704 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
149042 (372) |
31.5 | 1.51 | 17.7 | 46.9 | 14.5 | |
| Details | Jude the Obscure | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
142487 (356) |
15.6 | 1.44 | 10.0 | 69.1 | 7.5 | |
| Details | Erewhon | Butler, Samuel | 1835 | 1902 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
83680 (209) |
33.5 | 1.49 | 17.9 | 46.5 | 15.1 | |
| 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 | How to Live on 24 Hours a Day | Bennett, Arnold | 1867 | 1931 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
12746 (31) |
17.8 | 1.51 | 11.7 | 61.0 | 9.2 | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 Tale of Benjamin Bunny | Potter, Beatrix | 1866 | 1943 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 |
1158 (2) |
16.5 | 1.51 | 10.3 | 62.5 | 8.7 | |
| 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 | Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition | Thomas, Aquinas, Saint | 1225 | 1274 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
486564 (1216) |
17.0 | 1.55 | 12.7 | 58.7 | 9.3 | |
| Details | Poetics. English | Aristotle | Bywater, Ingram | 384BC (1840) | 322BC (1914) | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
18459 (46) |
26.1 | 1.54 | 16.2 | 49.9 | 12.8 |
| Details | Moon and Sixpence | Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) | 1874 | 1965 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
74760 (186) |
14.4 | 1.45 | 9.3 | 69.8 | 7.1 | |
| 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 | His Last Bow | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
6059 (15) |
12.9 | 1.43 | 8.1 | 73.2 | 6.3 | |
| Details | The Adventure of the Devil's Foot | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
9893 (24) |
16.6 | 1.48 | 10.8 | 64.8 | 8.3 | |
| 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 Marvelous Land of Oz | Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) | 1856 | 1919 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
42055 (105) |
15.4 | 1.46 | 10.1 | 67.7 | 7.6 | |
| Details | The House on the Borderland | Hodgson, William Hope | 1877 | 1918 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 10000 | 15000 |
50522 (126) |
17.3 | 1.47 | 10.4 | 65.1 | 8.5 | |
| Details | Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates | Plato | Cary, Henry | 427BC (1804) | 347BC (1870) | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 20000 |
51647 (129) |
21.7 | 1.45 | 13.1 | 62.5 | 9.9 |
| Details | An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding | Hume, David | 1711 | 1776 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
56587 (141) |
28.1 | 1.66 | 18.7 | 38.1 | 14.9 | |
| Details | The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories | Tolstoy, Leo, graf | Tucker, Benjamin R. | 1828 | 1910 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
63962 (159) |
17.1 | 1.47 | 11.0 | 65.1 | 8.4 |
| Details | Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood | Prest, Thomas Preskett | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
327232 (818) |
18.9 | 1.43 | 11.3 | 66.6 | 8.7 | |||
| Details | Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
37282 (93) |
11.9 | 1.44 | 7.9 | 73.0 | 6.0 | |
| Details | King Solomon's Mines | Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) | 1856 | 1925 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 20000 |
81742 (204) |
19.7 | 1.41 | 11.1 | 67.8 | 8.7 | |
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.