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 | Pascal's Pensées | Pascal, Blaise | 1623 | 1662 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
105254 (263) |
14.7 | 1.47 | 10.6 | 67.6 | 7.5 | |
| Details | An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Editi | Locke, John | 1632 | 1704 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
149042 (372) |
31.5 | 1.51 | 17.7 | 46.9 | 14.5 | |
| Details | Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason | Paine, Thomas | 1737 | 1809 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
71992 (179) |
33.4 | 1.51 | 18.4 | 45.1 | 15.3 | |
| Details | The Robbers | Schiller, Friedrich | 1759 | 1805 | 4000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
49365 (123) |
9.5 | 1.43 | 7.0 | 76.3 | 5.0 | |
| Details | On the origin of species | Darwin, Charles | 1809 | 1882 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
153985 (384) |
29.6 | 1.67 | 18.8 | 35.7 | 15.6 | |
| Details | A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive | Mill, John Stuart | 1806 | 1873 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
408771 (1021) |
35.2 | 1.66 | 21.6 | 30.6 | 17.7 | |
| Details | Jude the Obscure | Hardy, Thomas | 1840 | 1928 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
142487 (356) |
15.6 | 1.44 | 10.0 | 69.1 | 7.5 | |
| Details | The Satyricon — Complete | Petronius Arbiter | 20 | 66 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
97604 (244) |
25.3 | 1.52 | 14.9 | 52.9 | 12.2 | |
| Details | In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts | Erasmus, Desiderius | 1469 | 1536 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
44403 (111) |
48.2 | 1.52 | 24.3 | 29.4 | 21.1 | |
| Details | Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Exp | Mill, John Stuart | 1806 | 1873 | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
231338 (578) |
23.3 | 1.65 | 16.3 | 43.5 | 13.0 | |
| Details | Mrs. Warren's Profession | Shaw, Bernard | 1856 | 1950 | 2000 | 4000 | 9000 | 11000 | 12000 | 17000 |
34153 (85) |
12.7 | 1.47 | 9.0 | 69.2 | 6.8 | |
| Details | Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard | Conrad, Joseph | 1857 | 1924 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 19000 |
169054 (422) |
17.2 | 1.52 | 11.8 | 60.6 | 9.1 | |
| 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 | Erewhon | Butler, Samuel | 1835 | 1902 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
83680 (209) |
33.5 | 1.49 | 17.9 | 46.5 | 15.1 | |
| Details | The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare | Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) | 1874 | 1936 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
57869 (144) |
16.2 | 1.46 | 10.3 | 67.1 | 7.9 | |
| Details | Lord Jim | Conrad, Joseph | 1857 | 1924 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
127361 (318) |
17.0 | 1.45 | 10.4 | 67.2 | 8.1 | |
| Details | The Monk; a romance | Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory) | 1775 | 1818 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
136838 (342) |
17.3 | 1.55 | 12.7 | 58.1 | 9.5 | |
| Details | Black Beauty | Sewell, Anna | 1820 | 1878 | 1000 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
59721 (149) |
23.5 | 1.31 | 10.9 | 72.5 | 9.0 | |
| Details | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Fa | Darwin, Charles | 1809 | 1882 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
154299 (385) |
30.7 | 1.67 | 19.2 | 34.8 | 16.0 | |
| Details | She | Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) | 1856 | 1925 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 23000 |
129365 (323) |
27.4 | 1.47 | 15.1 | 54.7 | 12.4 | |
| Details | The House of Mirth | Wharton, Edith | 1862 | 1937 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
127415 (318) |
21.9 | 1.49 | 13.1 | 58.4 | 10.5 | |
| Details | Main Street | Lewis, Sinclair | 1885 | 1951 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 19000 |
164004 (410) |
14.1 | 1.48 | 9.4 | 67.4 | 7.4 | |
| Details | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
58816 (147) |
15.1 | 1.42 | 9.3 | 71.7 | 7.0 | |
| Details | How to Live on 24 Hours a Day | Bennett, Arnold | 1867 | 1931 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
12746 (31) |
17.8 | 1.51 | 11.7 | 61.0 | 9.2 | |
| Details | Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete | Dickinson, Emily | 1830 | 1886 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 14000 | 22000 |
30572 (76) |
13.2 | 1.44 | 8.9 | 71.7 | 6.6 | |
| 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 | Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary Col | Campbell, Douglas Houghton | 1859 | 1953 | 4000 | 7000 | 13000 | 18000 | 21000 | 24000 |
68439 (171) |
10.5 | 1.63 | 10.1 | 58.4 | 7.7 | |
| Details | On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls | Beard, Lina | 1857 | 1920 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
57386 (143) |
21.5 | 1.42 | 11.7 | 65.1 | 9.5 | |
| Details | Anne of Avonlea | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) | 1874 | 1942 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
88170 (220) |
15.5 | 1.42 | 9.5 | 70.8 | 7.2 | |
| Details | Anne of the Island | Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) | 1874 | 1942 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 15000 |
75570 (188) |
12.7 | 1.43 | 8.3 | 73.0 | 6.2 | |
| Details | The Railway Children | Nesbit, E. (Edith) | 1858 | 1924 | 1000 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
58729 (146) |
12.9 | 1.35 | 7.1 | 79.7 | 5.3 | |
| Details | Little Men | Alcott, Louisa May | 1832 | 1888 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
104244 (260) |
21.5 | 1.37 | 11.1 | 69.0 | 9.0 | |
| Details | The Velveteen Rabbit | Bianco, Margery Williams | 1880 | 1944 | 1000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 |
3965 (9) |
16.2 | 1.33 | 8.3 | 77.5 | 6.5 | |
| Details | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
9601 (24) |
15.3 | 1.37 | 8.2 | 75.3 | 6.5 | |
| 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 | 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 Pied Piper of Hamelin | Browning, Robert | 1812 | 1889 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 16000 | 20000 |
2145 (5) |
23.3 | 1.38 | 11.3 | 66.5 | 9.8 | |
| Details | The Story of the Three Little Pigs | Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) | 1862 | 1940 | 2000 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 7000 | 9000 |
1052 (2) |
16.2 | 1.3 | 8.3 | 80.4 | 6.1 | |
| Details | The Golden Goose Book | Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) | 1862 | 1940 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 14000 | 14000 |
5262 (13) |
21.4 | 1.29 | 10.3 | 76.2 | 7.9 | |
| Details | Nonsense Books | Lear, Edward | 1812 | 1888 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 19000 |
28733 (71) |
18.8 | 1.47 | 11.3 | 63.2 | 9.1 | |
| Details | The Tale of Benjamin Bunny | Potter, Beatrix | 1866 | 1943 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 |
1158 (2) |
16.5 | 1.51 | 10.3 | 62.5 | 8.7 | |
| Details | The Tale of Tom Kitten | Potter, Beatrix | 1866 | 1943 | 3000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 13000 | 13000 |
754 (1) |
15.1 | 1.51 | 10.2 | 64.2 | 8.1 | |
| Details | Children's Hour with Red Riding Hood and Other Stories | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 12000 | 15000 | 15000 |
2706 (6) |
18.5 | 1.34 | 9.2 | 74.6 | 7.5 | ||||
| Details | Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition | Thomas, Aquinas, Saint | 1225 | 1274 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
486564 (1216) |
17.0 | 1.55 | 12.7 | 58.7 | 9.3 | |
| Details | Orthodoxy | Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) | 1874 | 1936 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
63665 (159) |
20.1 | 1.53 | 13.0 | 57.2 | 10.3 | |
| Details | The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book | 7000 | 16000 | 20000 | 22000 | 24000 | 25000 |
42736 (106) |
7.5 | 1.68 | 9.8 | 56.9 | 7.2 | ||||
| Details | The Gift of the Magi | Henry, O. | 1862 | 1910 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 11000 | 12000 | 14000 |
2038 (5) |
12.6 | 1.42 | 8.1 | 74.2 | 6.0 | |
| Details | Twas the Night before Christmas A Visit from St. Nicholas | Moore, Clement Clarke | 1779 | 1863 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 |
1086 (2) |
16.0 | 1.43 | 9.5 | 69.6 | 7.5 | |
| Details | The Golden Asse | Apuleius, Lucius | 125 | 180 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 15000 | 17000 | 23000 |
80574 (201) |
51.6 | 1.43 | 24.2 | 33.7 | 21.4 | |
| Details | Moon and Sixpence | Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) | 1874 | 1965 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
74760 (186) |
14.4 | 1.45 | 9.3 | 69.8 | 7.1 | |
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.