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 | Democracy in America — Volume 2 | Tocqueville, Alexis de | Reeve, Henry | 1805 (1813) | 1859 (1895) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
140667 (351) |
33.1 | 1.64 | 20.1 | 34.3 | 16.7 |
| Details | The Gardener | Tagore, Rabindranath | 1861 | 1941 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 10000 | 16000 |
13795 (34) |
14.2 | 1.28 | 7.1 | 83.9 | 5.1 | |
| Details | Common Sense | Paine, Thomas | 1737 | 1809 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 |
19419 (48) |
29.7 | 1.55 | 17.5 | 45.4 | 14.3 | |
| Details | The Ladies Delight | Anonymous | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 16000 |
4466 (11) |
42.1 | 1.35 | 19.5 | 50.1 | 16.7 | |||
| Details | The Republic | Plato | Jowett, Benjamin | 427BC (1817) | 347BC (1893) | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
124102 (310) |
22.4 | 1.45 | 13.2 | 61.6 | 10.2 |
| Details | The Battle of Life A Love Story | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 12000 | 16000 |
29592 (73) |
14.7 | 1.45 | 9.4 | 69.5 | 7.2 | |
| 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 | 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 Blue Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew | 1844 | 1912 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
138225 (345) |
24.9 | 1.35 | 12.4 | 67.7 | 10.0 | |
| Details | Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 | Various | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
84493 (211) |
12.1 | 1.5 | 9.1 | 67.6 | 6.8 | |||
| Details | The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
11304 (28) |
14.1 | 1.46 | 9.7 | 68.8 | 7.2 | |
| Details | History of the United States | Beard, Mary Ritter | 1876 | 1958 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
199929 (499) |
18.8 | 1.71 | 15.4 | 42.7 | 12.0 | |
| 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 | 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 Frontier in American History | Turner, Frederick Jackson | 1861 | 1932 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
112204 (280) |
24.6 | 1.7 | 17.3 | 38.2 | 14.0 | |
| Details | The Woman in White | Collins, Wilkie | 1824 | 1889 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 16000 |
241638 (604) |
17.8 | 1.47 | 11.3 | 64.1 | 8.7 | |
| Details | Theresa Raquin | Zola, Émile | Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred | 1840 (1853) | 1902 (1922) | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 |
70860 (177) |
17.4 | 1.49 | 11.4 | 62.8 | 8.8 |
| Details | Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889 | Vogel, Robert M. | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
12934 (32) |
20.1 | 1.73 | 15.8 | 40.1 | 12.7 | |||
| Details | Oliver Twist | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 12000 | 17000 |
156033 (390) |
16.9 | 1.46 | 10.6 | 66.5 | 8.2 | |
| Details | Robinson Crusoe | Defoe, Daniel | 1661 | 1731 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
120387 (300) |
49.5 | 1.38 | 22.5 | 39.8 | 20.0 | |
| Details | The Romance of Lust A classic Victorian erotic novel | Anonymous | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 |
187931 (469) |
24.6 | 1.47 | 14.0 | 57.4 | 11.4 | |||
| Details | War and Peace | Tolstoy, Leo, graf | Maude, Aylmer | 1828 (1858) | 1910 (1938) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
560687 (1401) |
17.9 | 1.49 | 11.9 | 62.4 | 9.0 |
| Details | Private Sex Advice to Women For Young Wives and those who Expect to be Married | Armitage, R. B. | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
68583 (171) |
27.3 | 1.68 | 18.3 | 37.4 | 14.8 | |||
| 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 Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) | 1856 | 1919 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 17000 |
39505 (98) |
17.4 | 1.33 | 9.3 | 76.3 | 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 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
25369 (63) |
21.3 | 1.44 | 12.1 | 63.3 | 9.7 | |
| 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 | Great Expectations | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
183813 (459) |
18.8 | 1.42 | 10.8 | 67.3 | 8.5 | |
| Details | Middlemarch | Eliot, George | 1819 | 1880 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
311801 (779) |
20.7 | 1.49 | 12.8 | 59.3 | 10.1 | |
| Details | Frankenstein | Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797 | 1851 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
74768 (186) |
22.5 | 1.55 | 14.3 | 52.9 | 11.5 | |
| Details | Apology | Plato | Jowett, Benjamin | 427BC (1817) | 347BC (1893) | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 |
16049 (40) |
28.8 | 1.46 | 15.8 | 54.0 | 12.9 |
| Details | The Prince | Machiavelli, Niccolò | Marriott, W. K. (William K.) | 1469 | 1527 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
49271 (123) |
38.0 | 1.54 | 20.8 | 38.2 | 17.4 |
| Details | Adventures of Pinocchio | Collodi, Carlo | Della Chiesa, Carol | 1826 (1887) | 1890 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 11000 | 14000 | 17000 |
39730 (99) |
12.2 | 1.37 | 7.5 | 78.3 | 5.4 |
| Details | The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The | Equiano, Olaudah | 1745 | 1797 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
81664 (204) |
29.1 | 1.46 | 15.7 | 53.5 | 13.0 | |
| Details | Heart of Darkness | Conrad, Joseph | 1857 | 1924 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
37389 (93) |
15.6 | 1.47 | 10.0 | 66.8 | 7.8 | |
| Details | David Copperfield | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
349774 (874) |
17.7 | 1.45 | 10.7 | 66.4 | 8.4 | |
| Details | The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan | Ashford, Daisy | 1881 | 1972 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
14509 (36) |
18.3 | 1.42 | 10.2 | 68.0 | 8.3 | |
| 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 | The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy | James, William | 1842 | 1910 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
99183 (247) |
24.2 | 1.6 | 15.8 | 47.2 | 12.7 | |
| Details | On the Trail of The Immigrant | Steiner, Edward A. | 1866 | 1856 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
87463 (218) |
28.2 | 1.54 | 16.4 | 47.9 | 13.6 | |
| Details | The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment, Dedicat | Celnart, Elisabeth | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
45211 (113) |
26.3 | 1.56 | 16.2 | 48.0 | 13.1 | |||
| Details | The Critique of Practical Reason | Kant, Immanuel | Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill | 1724 (1829) | 1804 (1913) | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 |
62637 (156) |
50.4 | 1.64 | 27.2 | 16.6 | 23.4 |
| Details | The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn With Notes | Henry VIII, King of England | 1491 | 1547 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 12000 | 13000 | 17000 |
5585 (13) |
22.3 | 1.42 | 12.3 | 64.4 | 9.8 | |
| Details | Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet | Anonymous | 4000 | 4000 | 9000 | 14000 | 15000 | 17000 |
20223 (50) |
16.2 | 1.38 | 8.7 | 73.6 | 7.0 | |||
| Details | Phaedrus | Plato | Jowett, Benjamin | 427BC (1817) | 347BC (1893) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
38099 (95) |
30.0 | 1.5 | 16.9 | 49.6 | 13.8 |
| Details | The Invention of Lithography | Senefelder, Alois | Muller, J. W. | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 12000 | 13000 | 17000 |
87110 (217) |
24.2 | 1.54 | 14.5 | 52.3 | 12.0 | ||
| Details | The Tales of Mother Goose As First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696 | Perrault, Charles | Welsh, Charles | 1628 (1850) | 1703 (1914) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
18345 (45) |
23.2 | 1.36 | 11.8 | 67.9 | 9.6 |
| Details | The History of the Peloponnesian War | Thucydides | Crawley, Richard | 455BC (1840) | 395BC (1893) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
204634 (511) |
39.8 | 1.57 | 22.0 | 33.4 | 18.5 |
| Details | The Affair at the Inn | Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith | 1856 | 1923 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 13000 | 17000 |
33539 (83) |
18.1 | 1.46 | 10.9 | 64.8 | 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.