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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 A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir 1859 1930 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 43598
    (108)
    15.8 1.46 10.2 67.2 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 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 The Communist Manifesto Engels, Friedrich 1820 1895 3000 5000 8000 10000 11000 15000 11413
    (28)
    24.1 1.81 19.1 29.5 15.1
    Details Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 5000 8000 11000 16000 119679
    (299)
    19.8 1.52 13.0 58.1 10.1
    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 Little Women Alcott, Louisa May 1832 1888 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 16000 185220
    (463)
    19.5 1.41 10.8 68.0 8.6
    Details Filipino Popular Tales 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 18000 204192
    (510)
    15.5 1.45 9.9 68.4 7.6
    Details The Sorrows of Young Werther Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Boylan, R. Dillon 1749 1832 3000 4000 6000 9000 11000 15000 42359
    (105)
    17.7 1.48 11.3 63.4 8.8
    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 The War of the Worlds Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 16000 59603
    (149)
    18.2 1.49 11.1 62.4 9.1
    Details The Time Machine Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 32111
    (80)
    16.8 1.5 10.8 62.6 8.7
    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 Dracula Stoker, Bram 1847 1912 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 16000 159139
    (397)
    18.2 1.36 9.8 73.3 7.5
    Details English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English- Long, William J. (William Joseph) 1867 1952 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 204834
    (512)
    22.9 1.6 15.1 48.5 12.2
    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 Anti-Slavery Alphabet Anonymous 3000 5000 7000 9000 11000 14000 706
    (1)
    18.6 1.35 9.2 74.1 7.5
    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 Democracy in America — Volume 1 Tocqueville, Alexis de Reeve, Henry 1805 (1813) 1859 (1895) 3000 4000 6000 8000 11000 16000 188399
    (470)
    33.7 1.67 21.0 31.4 17.3
    Details My Antonia Cather, Willa 1873 1947 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 15000 80807
    (202)
    16.3 1.42 9.4 70.2 7.5
    Details Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot Craig, Austin 1872 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 19000 62400
    (156)
    29.6 1.64 18.6 38.3 15.3
    Details My First Picture Book With Thirty-six Pages of Pictures Printed in Colours by Kr Kronheim, Joseph Martin 1810 1896 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 15000 4593
    (11)
    22.7 1.32 10.4 72.5 8.8
    Details Lady Susan Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 14000 22830
    (57)
    23.7 1.54 14.6 52.6 11.8
    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 Heretics Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 64184
    (160)
    21.1 1.55 13.8 54.0 11.0
    Details Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil) 1851 1935 3000 4000 7000 8000 11000 16000 165374
    (413)
    21.2 1.53 13.7 56.2 10.7
    Details The Rubicon Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic) 1867 1940 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 18000 74278
    (185)
    13.8 1.45 9.1 70.2 6.9
    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 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 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 Garden Party and Other Stories Mansfield, Katherine 1888 1923 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 16000 56598
    (141)
    10.5 1.39 6.6 78.9 4.9
    Details Very Short Stories and Verses For Children Clifford, W. K., Mrs. 1929 1000 2000 6000 8000 11000 16000 14400
    (36)
    16.8 1.3 7.9 79.9 6.3
    Details Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man Paine, Thomas 1737 1809 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 18000 92171
    (230)
    28.4 1.6 17.7 43.0 14.3
    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 Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe Cole, Fay-Cooper 1881 1961 3000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 96647
    (241)
    18.5 1.52 12.1 59.4 9.6
    Details The Personality of American Cities Hungerford, Edward 1875 1948 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 105425
    (263)
    21.1 1.51 12.8 57.8 10.4
    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 The Adventures of Sally Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881 1975 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 76500
    (191)
    12.1 1.46 8.5 70.8 6.4
    Details How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents a Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor 1873 1935 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 16000 134858
    (337)
    19.9 1.58 13.6 52.7 10.9
    Details The Bontoc Igorot Jenks, Albert Ernest 1869 1953 3000 4000 7000 10000 11000 19000 103603
    (259)
    22.1 1.53 13.3 55.2 11.0
    Details American Fairy Tales Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) 1856 1919 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 31719
    (79)
    16.3 1.41 9.7 70.6 7.5
    Details The Minute Man of the Frontier Puddefoot, W. G. 2000 4000 6000 9000 11000 18000 54821
    (137)
    19.3 1.43 10.7 66.1 8.8
    Details Introduction to the Science of Sociology Park, Robert Ezra 1864 1944 3000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 388459
    (971)
    14.6 1.73 13.7 45.3 10.6
    Details Symposium Plato Jowett, Benjamin 427BC (1817) 347BC (1893) 2000 3000 6000 9000 11000 18000 32513
    (81)
    31.4 1.49 17.4 49.1 14.2
    Details Old Scrooge: A Christmas Carol in Five Staves. Dramatized from Charles Dickens' Scott, Charles A. 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 15000 13160
    (32)
    6.6 1.39 5.1 82.1 3.4
    Details Rilla of Ingleside Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud) 1874 1942 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 15000 101158
    (252)
    15.1 1.42 9.0 71.5 7.0
    Details Etiquette Post, Emily 1873 1960 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 200614
    (501)
    23.2 1.51 13.7 55.5 11.3
    Details The Gods of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 22000 82534
    (206)
    20.2 1.44 11.5 64.2 9.3
    Details Amusements in Mathematics Dudeney, Henry Ernest 1857 1930 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 17000 146902
    (367)
    15.8 1.48 10.6 65.5 8.1

    Notes:

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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.