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 | A Tale of Two Cities | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 22000 |
134550 (336) |
17.3 | 1.44 | 10.5 | 67.2 | 8.2 | |
Details | Les Misérables | Hugo, Victor | Hapgood, Isabel Florence | 1802 (1850) | 1885 (1928) | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
562958 (1407) |
15.6 | 1.5 | 10.9 | 64.1 | 8.2 |
Details | Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 | Boy Scouts of America | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 21000 |
122326 (305) |
15.9 | 1.49 | 10.6 | 64.8 | 8.2 | |||
Details | Grimm's Fairy Tales | Grimm, Jacob | 1785 | 1863 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
100994 (252) |
22.3 | 1.28 | 10.4 | 76.2 | 8.2 | |
Details | Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen | Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian) | 1805 | 1875 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
370669 (926) |
20.0 | 1.36 | 10.4 | 71.6 | 8.2 | |
Details | This Side of Paradise | Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) | 1896 | 1940 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 |
79512 (198) |
14.9 | 1.52 | 10.8 | 63.0 | 8.2 | |
Details | Four Arthurian Romances | Chrétien, de Troyes, 12th cent. | Comfort, William Wistar | (1874) | (1955) | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
189648 (474) |
20.4 | 1.34 | 10.7 | 72.4 | 8.2 |
Details | The Chessmen of Mars | Burroughs, Edgar Rice | 1875 | 1950 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 10000 | 16000 |
87139 (217) |
17.6 | 1.44 | 10.7 | 67.4 | 8.2 | |
Details | Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm | Grimm, Wilhelm | Crane, Lucy | 1786 (1842) | 1859 (1882) | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
88523 (221) |
22.3 | 1.28 | 10.5 | 75.7 | 8.2 |
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 | The Gully of Bluemansdyke And Other stories | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
48890 (122) |
17.0 | 1.45 | 10.3 | 66.8 | 8.2 | |
Details | Chef d'oeuvre inconnu. English | Balzac, Honoré de | 1799 | 1850 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
10624 (26) |
17.3 | 1.44 | 10.4 | 67.3 | 8.2 | |
Details | Wuthering Heights | Brontë, Emily | 1818 | 1848 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
114539 (286) |
16.9 | 1.46 | 10.6 | 65.8 | 8.3 | |
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 Secret Agent a Simple Tale | Conrad, Joseph | 1857 | 1924 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
88831 (222) |
14.6 | 1.54 | 11.0 | 61.4 | 8.3 | |
Details | Poems | Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) | 1865 | 1939 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 13000 | 22000 |
36280 (90) |
20.6 | 1.34 | 10.0 | 72.5 | 8.3 | |
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 | Mystère de la chambre jaune. English | Leroux, Gaston | 1868 | 1927 | 2000 | 4000 | 9000 | 10000 | 11000 | 19000 |
73022 (182) |
15.8 | 1.5 | 11.3 | 63.7 | 8.3 | |
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 | New Latin Grammar | Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin) | 1858 | 1921 | 7000 | 12000 | 20000 | 22000 | 23000 | 25000 |
63965 (159) |
5.5 | 1.84 | 11.5 | 45.7 | 8.3 | |
Details | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
93989 (234) |
16.5 | 1.48 | 10.6 | 65.0 | 8.3 | |
Details | The American Frugal Housewife | Child, Lydia Maria | 1802 | 1880 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 20000 |
44452 (111) |
18.4 | 1.42 | 10.5 | 68.1 | 8.3 | |
Details | The Book of Household Management | Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) | 1836 | 1865 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
488058 (1220) |
15.8 | 1.5 | 10.5 | 63.9 | 8.3 | |
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 | 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 | English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Accompanied by a compendium, embracing a ne | Kirkham, Samuel | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 16000 | 22000 |
91181 (227) |
13.9 | 1.56 | 11.3 | 60.4 | 8.3 | |||
Details | The Yellow Fairy Book | Lang, Andrew | 1844 | 1912 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
111039 (277) |
21.0 | 1.33 | 10.6 | 73.2 | 8.3 | |
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 | Neither Dorking Nor The Abbey | Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew) | 1860 | 1937 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 12000 |
1073 (2) |
20.2 | 1.37 | 10.7 | 70.8 | 8.4 | |
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 | Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic frontier | Dreyfus, Suelette | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
151211 (378) |
13.5 | 1.58 | 10.6 | 59.2 | 8.4 | |||
Details | Ethan Frome | Wharton, Edith | 1862 | 1937 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 14000 |
34572 (86) |
19.4 | 1.39 | 10.3 | 69.7 | 8.4 | |
Details | Erotica Romana | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | 1749 | 1832 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 14000 | 17000 | 24000 |
6681 (16) |
16.7 | 1.48 | 10.8 | 64.5 | 8.4 | |
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 | Handbook of Embroidery | Higgin, L. | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 14000 | 16000 | 22000 |
14622 (36) |
14.0 | 1.57 | 10.7 | 59.9 | 8.4 | |||
Details | The Lost World | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
75381 (188) |
17.0 | 1.47 | 10.9 | 65.2 | 8.4 | |
Details | The Beautiful and Damned | Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott) | 1896 | 1940 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
121625 (304) |
14.9 | 1.54 | 11.1 | 61.3 | 8.4 | |
Details | Eve's Diary, Complete | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
6746 (16) |
19.9 | 1.37 | 10.4 | 70.6 | 8.4 | |
Details | An Elementary Study of Insects | Haseman, Leonard | 1884 | 1969 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 23000 |
17942 (44) |
17.6 | 1.45 | 10.7 | 66.5 | 8.4 | |
Details | Three Men in a Boat | Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) | 1859 | 1927 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
66360 (165) |
19.8 | 1.39 | 10.6 | 69.4 | 8.5 | |
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 | Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) | -Goudiss, Alberta M. (Alberta Moorhouse) | 1876 | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 13000 | 18000 | 20000 |
27844 (69) |
15.4 | 1.53 | 10.8 | 61.4 | 8.5 | ||
Details | Return of Tarzan | Burroughs, Edgar Rice | 1875 | 1950 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
88607 (221) |
18.0 | 1.44 | 10.8 | 66.3 | 8.5 | |
Details | Kidnapped | Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1850 | 1894 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 22000 |
81525 (203) |
21.2 | 1.34 | 10.3 | 71.7 | 8.5 | |
Details | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
114027 (285) |
17.3 | 1.47 | 10.8 | 65.1 | 8.5 | |
Details | The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood | Pyle, Howard | 1853 | 1911 | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 15000 | 20000 | 22000 |
111009 (277) |
22.3 | 1.31 | 10.1 | 73.7 | 8.5 | |
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 | Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 | Various | 5000 | 9000 | 15000 | 18000 | 20000 | 24000 |
53847 (134) |
4.6 | 1.89 | 10.4 | 42.6 | 8.5 | |||
Details | Notre-Dame De Paris | Hugo, Victor | Hapgood, Isabel Florence | 1802 (1850) | 1885 (1928) | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 25000 |
183996 (459) |
16.4 | 1.49 | 10.9 | 63.8 | 8.5 |
Details | Cautionary Tales for Children | Belloc, Hilaire | 1870 | 1953 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
2620 (6) |
16.4 | 1.5 | 11.4 | 63.2 | 8.5 |
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.