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    Vocabulary Coverage
    (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%)
    Conventional Readability Formula
    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 People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplifi Pierce, Ray Vaughn 1840 1914 4000 6000 10000 14000 16000 21000 381700
    (954)    		 16.9 1.71 14.4 45.3 11.1
    Details The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer) 1840 1914 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 16000 206172
    (515)    		 29.9 1.59 18.0 41.9 14.8
    Details Far from the Madding Crowd Hardy, Thomas 1840 1928 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 135621
    (339)    		 16.3 1.47 10.3 66.1 8.1
    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 The Devil's Dictionary Bierce, Ambrose 1842 1914 4000 7000 10000 13000 16000 22000 58601
    (146)    		 13.9 1.62 11.9 55.3 9.0
    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 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Bierce, Ambrose 1842 1914 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 16000 3713
    (9)    		 18.8 1.47 11.5 63.0 9.1
    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 Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature James, William 1842 1910 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 18000 183540
    (458)    		 24.9 1.6 16.0 46.6 12.9
    Details The Turn of the Screw James, Henry 1843 1916 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 14000 41719
    (104)    		 16.9 1.43 10.2 69.1 7.8
    Details The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher) 1843 1913 3000 4000 6000 8000 10000 15000 200768
    (501)    		 22.5 1.58 14.8 50.5 11.8
    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 Daisy Miller James, Henry 1843 1916 2000 4000 8000 9000 11000 19000 21009
    (52)    		 12.8 1.52 10.0 65.3 7.3
    Details The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology t Mac 1843 1925 3000 4000 7000 10000 14000 17000 23934
    (59)    		 18.0 1.54 12.5 58.3 9.6
    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 Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Common, Thomas 1844 1900 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 19000 110254
    (275)    		 15.5 1.48 10.1 66.0 7.9
    Details Beyond Good and Evil Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Zimmern, Helen 1844 (1846) 1900 (1934) 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 18000 61977
    (154)    		 32.8 1.65 19.9 33.7 16.7
    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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Line and Form (1900) Crane, Walter 1845 1915 3000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 44073
    (110)    		 32.9 1.64 19.6 34.8 16.6
    Details Encyclopedia of Needlework Dillmont, Thérèse de 1846 1890 4000 5000 10000 15000 22000 22000 126757
    (316)    		 14.1 1.42 8.7 72.4 6.7
    Details From sketch-book and diary Butler, Elizabeth 1846 1933 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 34038
    (85)    		 23.5 1.51 13.6 55.4 11.4
    Details History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) Maspero, G. (Gaston) McClure, M. L. 1846 1916 (1918) 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 24000 92419
    (231)    		 25.9 1.58 16.3 46.5 13.2
    Details Dracula Stoker, Bram 1847 1912 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 16000 159139
    (397)    		 18.2 1.36 9.8 73.3 7.5
    Details Architecture Classic and Early Christian Slater, John 1847 1924 3000 5000 9000 13000 15000 22000 54084
    (135)    		 18.1 1.66 14.3 48.4 11.0
    Details Fifty-two Stories of the British Navy, from Damme to Trafalgar. Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) 1848 1929 3000 4000 7000 10000 13000 20000 150454
    (376)    		 32.0 1.5 17.5 47.8 14.5
    Details How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] Lehmann, Lilli Aldrich, Richard 1848 (1863) 1929 (1937) 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 18000 31812
    (79)    		 25.4 1.54 15.2 50.7 12.5
    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 Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 21000 79615
    (199)    		 13.2 1.35 7.4 79.0 5.5
    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 Amerigo Vespucci Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) 1849 1913 3000 4000 7000 10000 13000 20000 55391
    (138)    		 29.6 1.56 17.8 45.1 14.3
    Details The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 21000 79765
    (199)    		 13.2 1.35 7.4 78.9 5.5
    Details Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 2000 3000 5000 6000 9000 17000 20422
    (51)    		 14.2 1.34 7.9 78.6 5.8
    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 Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 67669
    (169)    		 17.9 1.35 9.3 74.3 7.3
    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 Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant Maupassant, Guy de 1850 1893 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 489213
    (1223)    		 16.9 1.45 10.5 67.2 8.1
    Details Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time Litchfield, Frederick 1850 1930 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 25000 73893
    (184)    		 20.4 1.66 15.3 45.4 12.0
    Details Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 2000 4000 7000 10000 13000 19000 68147
    (170)    		 17.8 1.35 9.3 74.2 7.3
    Details A Child's Garden of Verses Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 16000 8785
    (21)    		 23.1 1.36 10.9 68.7 9.4
    Details Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales The fiddle and the bow, The paradise of fools, Visions Taylor, Robt. L. (Robert Love) 1850 1912 4000 6000 9000 12000 14000 21000 29397
    (73)    		 21.5 1.46 12.3 61.5 10.0
    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 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 25355
    (63)    		 21.4 1.44 12.2 63.3 9.7
    Details Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying O Zerbe, James Slough 1850 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 21000 37590
    (93)    		 11.4 1.51 9.2 67.5 6.7

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    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.