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 Importance of Being Earnest | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 | 21000 |
20449 (51) |
7.8 | 1.55 | 8.4 | 68.1 | 5.7 | |
| Details | The Antichrist | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) | 1844 (1880) | 1900 (1956) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
32360 (80) |
32.0 | 1.59 | 18.7 | 39.5 | 15.7 |
| Details | The Canterville Ghost | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
11587 (28) |
26.1 | 1.49 | 14.9 | 54.5 | 12.1 | |
| Details | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 24000 |
78609 (196) |
12.1 | 1.43 | 8.3 | 73.3 | 6.0 | |
| Details | Maggie, a Girl of the Streets | Crane, Stephen | 1871 | 1900 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
22287 (55) |
11.7 | 1.47 | 8.3 | 70.5 | 6.3 | |
| Details | The Red Badge of Courage | Crane, Stephen | 1871 | 1900 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
45599 (113) |
12.7 | 1.46 | 9.0 | 70.6 | 6.6 | |
| Details | The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | 1844 | 1900 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 | 18000 |
27312 (68) |
22.6 | 1.6 | 14.9 | 48.3 | 12.1 | |
| Details | Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | Harvey, Alexander Miller | 1844 (1867) | 1900 (1928) | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
36537 (91) |
32.2 | 1.65 | 19.7 | 34.9 | 16.4 |
| Details | The Elements of Drawing In Three Letters to Beginners | Ruskin, John | 1819 | 1900 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
72573 (181) |
29.6 | 1.47 | 16.0 | 52.7 | 13.3 | |
| 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 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 24000 |
54516 (136) |
12.9 | 1.43 | 8.6 | 72.6 | 6.3 | |
| Details | The Black Riders and Other Lines | Crane, Stephen | 1871 | 1900 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
3953 (9) |
11.7 | 1.36 | 6.7 | 80.3 | 5.0 | |
| Details | De Profundis | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
17584 (43) |
23.7 | 1.41 | 13.1 | 63.2 | 10.3 | |
| 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 | Turner | Monkhouse, William Cosmo | 1840 | 1901 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
39762 (99) |
26.3 | 1.52 | 15.5 | 51.2 | 12.7 | |
| 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 | 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 | Handbook of the Trees of New England | Dame, Lorin Low | 1838 | 1903 | 5000 | 10000 | 17000 | 20000 | 23000 | 25000 |
50148 (125) |
12.4 | 1.8 | 12.0 | 42.3 | 10.4 | |
| Details | Discoverers and Explorers | Shaw, Edward R. (Edward Richard) | 1855 | 1903 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 7000 | 9000 | 17000 |
20101 (50) |
19.6 | 1.48 | 12.3 | 61.4 | 9.6 | |
| Details | Architecture Gothic and Renaissance | Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger) | 1830 | 1903 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 13000 | 14000 | 20000 |
54623 (136) |
17.7 | 1.66 | 14.0 | 48.1 | 11.0 | |
| Details | The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Chopin, Kate | 1850 | 1904 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 20000 |
63540 (158) |
14.5 | 1.47 | 9.8 | 67.9 | 7.4 | |
| 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 | 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 | The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | Garnett, Constance | 1860 (1861) | 1904 (1946) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
71033 (177) |
17.1 | 1.45 | 10.7 | 66.6 | 8.2 |
| 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 | Around the World in 80 Days | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 20000 |
62632 (156) |
17.0 | 1.53 | 11.9 | 60.3 | 9.1 | |
| Details | The Princess and the Goblin | Mac | 1824 | 1905 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 9000 | 15000 |
50659 (126) |
15.8 | 1.35 | 8.6 | 76.9 | 6.5 | |
| Details | Île mystérieuse. English | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
192750 (481) |
17.8 | 1.5 | 11.8 | 62.0 | 9.0 | |
| Details | Voyage au centre de la terre. English | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
85218 (213) |
15.9 | 1.53 | 11.3 | 61.3 | 8.7 | |
| Details | In the Year 2889 | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12000 | 18000 |
5492 (13) |
13.1 | 1.57 | 11.0 | 60.7 | 8.0 | |
| Details | Voyage au centre de la terre. English | Verne, Jules | Malleson, Frederick Amadeus | 1828 (1819) | 1905 (1897) | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
73544 (183) |
14.7 | 1.51 | 10.6 | 63.9 | 8.0 |
| Details | From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 12000 | 20000 |
90543 (226) |
15.8 | 1.59 | 12.5 | 56.4 | 9.3 | |
| Details | Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 15000 | 18000 | 24000 |
102277 (255) |
15.2 | 1.52 | 10.9 | 62.5 | 8.3 | |
| Details | A Doll's House : a play | Ibsen, Henrik | 1828 | 1906 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 15000 |
26051 (65) |
7.9 | 1.37 | 5.2 | 82.9 | 3.6 | |
| Details | A Doll's House | Ibsen, Henrik | 1828 | 1906 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 15000 |
24007 (60) |
7.2 | 1.34 | 5.0 | 85.8 | 3.1 | |
| Details | Hedda Gabler | Ibsen, Henrik | Gosse, Edmund | 1828 (1849) | 1906 (1928) | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
28907 (72) |
6.6 | 1.42 | 5.2 | 80.1 | 3.7 |
| 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 | Ghosts | Ibsen, Henrik | Archer, William | 1828 (1856) | 1906 (1924) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 |
23525 (58) |
8.4 | 1.44 | 6.4 | 76.7 | 4.7 |
| Details | Demonology and Devil-lore | Conway, Moncure Daniel | 1832 | 1907 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
259586 (648) |
23.5 | 1.56 | 14.8 | 51.0 | 12.0 | |
| Details | The Civil War in America Fuller's Modern Age, August 1861 | Russell, William Howard, Sir | 1820 | 1907 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 20000 |
80322 (200) |
29.0 | 1.55 | 17.0 | 46.6 | 14.0 | |
| Details | The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete | Ames, Azel | 1845 | 1908 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
90669 (226) |
21.5 | 1.56 | 13.7 | 53.4 | 11.1 | |
| Details | Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit | Harris, Joel Chandler | 1848 | 1908 | 2000 | 6000 | 9000 | 14000 | 17000 | 22000 |
6823 (17) |
22.2 | 1.24 | 10.0 | 79.0 | 7.8 | |
| Details | The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights | Knowles, James, Sir | 1831 | 1908 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
93384 (233) |
26.0 | 1.32 | 12.6 | 68.7 | 10.1 | |
| Details | The Diva's Ruby | Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) | 1854 | 1909 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
115276 (288) |
18.3 | 1.42 | 10.9 | 67.9 | 8.3 | |
| 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 | Anna Karenina | Tolstoy, Leo, graf | Garnett, Constance | 1828 (1861) | 1910 (1946) | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 |
348306 (870) |
16.8 | 1.46 | 10.8 | 66.2 | 8.2 |
| 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 | Sailing Alone Around the World | Slocum, Joshua | 1844 | 1910 | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 13000 | 20000 |
69436 (173) |
22.4 | 1.44 | 12.1 | 62.0 | 10.2 | |
| Details | What Men Live By and Other Tales | Tolstoy, Leo, graf | Maude, Aylmer | 1828 (1858) | 1910 (1938) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 13000 |
18752 (46) |
15.5 | 1.32 | 8.1 | 79.2 | 6.1 |
| 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 | |
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.
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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.