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 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 | A Young Girl's Diary | Anonymous | Paul, Eden | (1865) | (1944) | 1000 | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 13000 | 15000 |
87209 (218) |
15.5 | 1.39 | 8.9 | 73.6 | 6.9 |
| Details | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders | Defoe, Daniel | 1661 | 1731 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
137615 (344) |
41.8 | 1.39 | 19.7 | 47.2 | 17.1 | |
| 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 | A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 |
29106 (72) |
14.6 | 1.39 | 8.6 | 74.1 | 6.5 | |
| 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 | The Beast in the Jungle | James, Henry | 1843 | 1916 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
18288 (45) |
20.3 | 1.39 | 11.6 | 68.4 | 8.8 | |
| Details | Tom Wallis A Tale of the South Seas | Becke, Louis | 1855 | 1913 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
66427 (166) |
21.6 | 1.39 | 11.4 | 67.0 | 9.3 | |
| 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 | 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 Trial | Kafka, Franz | Wyllie, David | 1883 | 1924 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 5000 | 7000 | 12000 |
82679 (206) |
17.6 | 1.4 | 10.4 | 70.4 | 7.8 |
| Details | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
69729 (174) |
14.3 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 74.1 | 6.5 | |
| Details | A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first ti | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | 1849 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
65747 (164) |
13.9 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 74.1 | 6.4 | |
| 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 | The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault | Perrault, Charles | 1628 | 1703 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
28065 (70) |
26.8 | 1.4 | 13.8 | 61.1 | 11.4 | |
| Details | Greenmantle | Buchan, John | 1875 | 1940 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
98151 (245) |
14.7 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 73.2 | 6.7 | |
| 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 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 | 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 Gun | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 10000 | 11000 |
4834 (12) |
7.6 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 80.6 | 3.9 | |
| Details | Beyond Lies the Wub | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 |
2682 (6) |
6.6 | 1.4 | 5.5 | 81.6 | 3.5 | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
144849 (362) |
9.2 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 78.6 | 4.6 | |
| Details | Pollyanna | Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) | 1868 | 1920 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 | 14000 |
54339 (135) |
11.6 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 76.5 | 5.5 | |
| Details | The Arabian Nights | Lang, Andrew | 1844 | 1912 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
111534 (278) |
23.9 | 1.4 | 12.9 | 63.8 | 10.3 | |
| Details | Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell | Dante Alighieri | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth | 1265 (1807) | 1321 (1882) | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 | 23000 |
38252 (95) |
26.1 | 1.4 | 13.6 | 62.1 | 11.1 |
| Details | True Bear Stories | Miller, Joaquin | 1837 | 1913 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 11000 | 19000 |
42215 (105) |
21.2 | 1.4 | 11.4 | 66.9 | 9.2 | |
| 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 | Don Quixote | Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de | Ormsby, John | 1547 (1829) | 1616 (1895) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
425471 (1063) |
45.3 | 1.41 | 21.6 | 41.9 | 18.7 |
| Details | Little Women | Alcott, Louisa May | 1832 | 1888 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
185220 (463) |
19.5 | 1.41 | 10.8 | 68.0 | 8.6 | |
| Details | Second Variety | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 4000 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 |
15191 (37) |
6.3 | 1.41 | 5.1 | 81.4 | 3.5 | |
| Details | The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete | Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de | Ormsby, John | 1547 (1829) | 1616 (1895) | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 19000 |
215612 (539) |
48.7 | 1.41 | 23.1 | 37.8 | 20.1 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 Confessions of St. Augustine | Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo | Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie) | 354 (1800) | 430 (1882) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 19000 |
111847 (279) |
30.4 | 1.41 | 15.7 | 57.0 | 12.9 |
| 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 | 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 Wind in the Willows | Grahame, Kenneth | 1859 | 1932 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
57985 (144) |
18.1 | 1.41 | 10.2 | 69.4 | 8.1 | |
| Details | White Fang | London, Jack | 1876 | 1916 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 |
71789 (179) |
15.2 | 1.41 | 9.4 | 72.1 | 7.0 | |
| 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 Amateur Cracksman | Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William) | 1866 | 1921 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
51615 (129) |
13.7 | 1.41 | 8.4 | 73.7 | 6.4 | |
| 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 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics | Laozi | Legge, James | (1815) | (1897) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
10365 (25) |
13.8 | 1.41 | 9.4 | 73.7 | 6.4 |
| 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 | |
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.