This table shows the readability data of selected Project Gutenberg eBooks.
Vocabulary Coverage (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%) |
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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 History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Table of Contents with l | Gibbon, Edward | 1737 | 1794 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 18000 |
10194 (25) |
7.3 | 1.75 | 11.5 | 51.8 | 7.8 | |
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 | 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 | History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 | Gibbon, Edward | 1737 | 1794 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 16000 | 21000 |
256688 (641) |
18.6 | 1.72 | 15.8 | 42.3 | 12.0 | |
Details | Common Sense | Paine, Thomas | 1737 | 1809 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 |
19419 (48) |
29.7 | 1.55 | 17.5 | 45.4 | 14.3 | |
Details | The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a | Trusler, John | 1735 | 1820 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 15000 | 21000 |
41272 (103) |
26.5 | 1.58 | 16.4 | 46.4 | 13.4 | |
Details | 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue | Grose, Francis | 1731 | 1791 | 5000 | 8000 | 13000 | 15000 | 19000 | 24000 |
80819 (202) |
7.1 | 1.53 | 6.6 | 70.3 | 5.2 | |
Details | She Stoops to Conquer | Goldsmith, Oliver | 1730 | 1774 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
22563 (56) |
8.3 | 1.42 | 6.0 | 78.2 | 4.4 | |
Details | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) | Burke, Edmund | 1729 | 1797 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 | 21000 |
161987 (404) |
29.8 | 1.6 | 18.6 | 41.0 | 15.0 | |
Details | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) | Burke, Edmund | 1729 | 1797 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 |
152778 (381) |
27.5 | 1.58 | 17.3 | 44.9 | 13.8 | |
Details | Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World | Cook, James | 1728 | 1779 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 22000 |
220361 (550) |
21.2 | 1.45 | 12.3 | 62.8 | 9.8 | |
Details | The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt | Casanova, Giacomo | Machen, Arthur | 1725 (1863) | 1798 (1947) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
1251067 (3127) |
20.8 | 1.46 | 12.2 | 62.4 | 9.7 |
Details | The Critique of Pure Reason | Kant, Immanuel | Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (John Miller Dow) | 1724 (1830) | 1804 (1902) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 | 18000 |
206467 (516) |
35.8 | 1.72 | 22.9 | 24.9 | 18.7 |
Details | The Critique of Practical Reason | Kant, Immanuel | Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill | 1724 (1829) | 1804 (1913) | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 |
62637 (156) |
50.4 | 1.64 | 27.2 | 16.6 | 23.4 |
Details | Christianity Unveiled Being An Examination of The Principles And Effects of The | Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d' | Johnson, W. M. (William Martin) | 1723 (1771) | 1789 (1797) | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 13000 | 18000 |
39094 (97) |
21.4 | 1.64 | 15.8 | 46.2 | 12.1 |
Details | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman | Sterne, Laurence | 1713 | 1768 | 2000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 17000 | 22000 |
179035 (447) |
43.2 | 1.45 | 21.0 | 40.2 | 18.4 | |
Details | The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques | 1712 | 1778 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
274389 (685) |
30.2 | 1.57 | 17.9 | 43.2 | 14.7 | |
Details | Emile | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques | 1712 | 1778 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 |
251868 (629) |
25.8 | 1.44 | 14.1 | 58.8 | 11.5 | |
Details | A Treatise of Human Nature | Hume, David | 1711 | 1776 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
225521 (563) |
31.6 | 1.65 | 19.8 | 35.3 | 16.2 | |
Details | An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding | Hume, David | 1711 | 1776 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
56587 (141) |
28.1 | 1.66 | 18.7 | 38.1 | 14.9 | |
Details | Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion | Hume, David | 1711 | 1776 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
35903 (89) |
29.4 | 1.66 | 19.0 | 36.4 | 15.5 | |
Details | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals | Hume, David | 1711 | 1776 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 19000 |
48155 (120) |
31.1 | 1.71 | 20.6 | 30.5 | 16.7 | |
Details | Memoirs Of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, | Cleland, John | 1709 | 1789 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 19000 |
84355 (210) |
57.8 | 1.49 | 27.7 | 22.4 | 24.5 | |
Details | History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Fielding, Henry | 1707 | 1754 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
348464 (871) |
30.5 | 1.5 | 16.9 | 48.8 | 14.0 | |
Details | The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | Franklin, Benjamin | 1706 | 1790 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 18000 |
65762 (164) |
32.0 | 1.54 | 18.0 | 44.5 | 15.0 | |
Details | Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin | Franklin, Benjamin | 1706 | 1790 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
73971 (184) |
27.2 | 1.54 | 16.1 | 49.0 | 13.2 | |
Details | Candide | Voltaire | 1694 | 1778 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 | 21000 |
35400 (88) |
18.0 | 1.5 | 11.7 | 61.4 | 9.2 | |
Details | The Art of Politicks | Bramston, James | 1694 | 1744 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 | 20000 | 24000 |
10432 (26) |
16.9 | 1.68 | 13.6 | 47.7 | 10.8 | |
Details | Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded | Richardson, Samuel | 1689 | 1761 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 |
221156 (552) |
26.6 | 1.37 | 13.2 | 63.7 | 11.0 | |
Details | An Essay on Man | Pope, Alexander | 1688 | 1744 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 22000 |
46424 (116) |
19.3 | 1.37 | 10.5 | 71.1 | 8.1 | |
Details | The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems | Pope, Alexander | 1688 | 1744 | 4000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
54188 (135) |
19.7 | 1.47 | 12.1 | 62.2 | 9.5 | |
Details | The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series | Addison, Joseph | 1672 | 1719 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
929911 (2324) |
26.0 | 1.51 | 15.2 | 52.3 | 12.4 | |
Details | Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | 1667 | 1745 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
103706 (259) |
36.5 | 1.51 | 19.2 | 42.3 | 16.4 | |
Details | A Modest Proposal | Swift, Jonathan | 1667 | 1745 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 | 18000 |
3406 (8) |
50.8 | 1.53 | 25.1 | 25.5 | 22.3 | |
Details | Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World | Swift, Jonathan | 1667 | 1745 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 19000 |
51555 (128) |
28.8 | 1.5 | 16.0 | 50.9 | 13.3 | |
Details | Robinson Crusoe | Defoe, Daniel | 1661 | 1731 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
120387 (300) |
49.5 | 1.38 | 22.5 | 39.8 | 20.0 | |
Details | A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while i | Defoe, Daniel | 1661 | 1731 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 15000 |
93796 (234) |
46.5 | 1.43 | 22.5 | 38.7 | 19.4 | |
Details | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders | Defoe, Daniel | 1661 | 1731 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
137615 (344) |
41.8 | 1.39 | 19.7 | 47.2 | 17.1 | |
Details | Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evi | Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von | Huggard, E. M. | 1646 | 1716 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 13000 | 20000 |
184166 (460) |
24.4 | 1.56 | 15.6 | 50.1 | 12.3 |
Details | The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronic | Newton, Isaac, Sir | 1642 | 1727 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 12000 | 17000 | 18000 |
69813 (174) |
15.0 | 1.42 | 10.0 | 71.2 | 7.0 | |
Details | Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours | Newton, Isaac, Sir | 1642 | 1727 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
96556 (241) |
32.8 | 1.5 | 18.0 | 46.6 | 14.9 | |
Details | The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
144849 (362) |
9.2 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 78.6 | 4.6 | |
Details | Phèdre. English | Racine, Jean | Boswell, Robert Bruce | 1639 | 1699 | 4000 | 5000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 18000 |
13981 (34) |
14.1 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 74.3 | 6.4 |
Details | Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson | Rowlandson, Mary White | 1635 | 1710 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 19000 |
20128 (50) |
25.9 | 1.35 | 12.9 | 66.1 | 10.5 | |
Details | Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying | Hooke, Robert | 1635 | 1703 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
147089 (367) |
48.8 | 1.46 | 23.6 | 33.9 | 20.7 | |
Details | The Princess of Cleves | La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) | 1634 | 1693 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 |
61526 (153) |
56.6 | 1.45 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 23.5 | |
Details | Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete | Pepys, Samuel | Bright, Mynors | 1633 (1818) | 1703 (1883) | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 11000 | 13000 | 22000 |
1253859 (3134) |
30.4 | 1.36 | 14.6 | 61.3 | 12.3 |
Details | Second Treatise of Government | Locke, John | 1632 | 1704 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
56126 (140) |
33.0 | 1.51 | 18.6 | 45.7 | 15.1 | |
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 | Ethica. English | Spinoza, Benedictus de | 1632 | 1677 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 17000 |
87693 (219) |
16.0 | 1.56 | 12.4 | 59.1 | 9.0 |
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.