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 | Utilitarianism | Mill, John Stuart | 1806 | 1873 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
27456 (68) |
39.0 | 1.64 | 22.5 | 28.2 | 19.0 | |
| 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 | Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila | Morgan, Thomas Hunt | 1866 | 1945 | 4000 | 7000 | 13000 | 13000 | 14000 | 24000 |
27302 (68) |
14.2 | 1.66 | 11.4 | 52.4 | 9.5 | |
| Details | The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter | Aesop | 620BC | 563BC | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
27122 (67) |
15.7 | 1.33 | 8.5 | 78.2 | 6.3 | |
| Details | Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt | Baikie, James | 1866 | 1931 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
26825 (67) |
27.7 | 1.39 | 14.0 | 61.2 | 11.6 | |
| Details | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 | 19000 |
26821 (67) |
16.4 | 1.36 | 8.7 | 74.9 | 6.9 | |
| Details | Nationalism | Tagore, Rabindranath | 1861 | 1941 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 10000 | 14000 |
26616 (66) |
24.0 | 1.56 | 15.2 | 50.2 | 12.2 | |
| Details | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 | 19000 |
26275 (65) |
16.6 | 1.36 | 8.7 | 75.1 | 6.9 | |
| Details | Shepp's Photographs of the World | Shepp, James W.Shepp, Daniel B. | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
26227 (65) |
25.1 | 1.67 | 16.9 | 40.3 | 13.9 | |||
| Details | A Doll's House : a play | Ibsen, Henrik | 1828 | 1906 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 15000 |
26051 (65) |
7.9 | 1.37 | 5.2 | 82.9 | 3.6 | |
| Details | Concerning the Spiritual in Art | Kandinsky, Wassily | Sadleir, Michael | 1866 (1888) | 1944 (1957) | 3000 | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
26025 (65) |
20.0 | 1.64 | 14.5 | 47.8 | 11.6 |
| Details | Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf For the Use of Teachers | Newell, Jane H. (Jane Hancox) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 18000 | 24000 |
26005 (65) |
15.1 | 1.49 | 10.4 | 65.2 | 7.9 | |||
| Details | Romeo and Juliet | Shakespeare, William | 1564 | 1616 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 19000 | 23000 |
25924 (64) |
8.0 | 1.32 | 5.1 | 86.7 | 3.2 | |
| Details | The Romance of Tristan and Iseult | Bédier, Joseph | Belloc, Hilaire | 1864 (1870) | 1938 (1953) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 21000 |
25763 (64) |
23.0 | 1.28 | 10.7 | 75.3 | 8.5 |
| Details | The Story of Doctor Dolittle | Lofting, Hugh | 1886 | 1947 | 1000 | 2000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 |
25697 (64) |
14.6 | 1.33 | 7.6 | 79.6 | 5.8 | |
| Details | Beowulf | Gummere, Francis Barton | (1855) | (1919) | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 14000 | 19000 | 24000 |
25594 (63) |
23.1 | 1.37 | 11.2 | 67.2 | 9.6 | |
| 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 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 | The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies | Anonymous | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 19000 |
25020 (62) |
26.8 | 1.48 | 14.9 | 54.8 | 12.3 | |||
| Details | Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary De | -Buckelew, Sarah F. (Sarah Frances) | 1835 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
24947 (62) |
12.8 | 1.38 | 7.9 | 76.9 | 5.7 | ||
| Details | The Variable Man | Dick, Philip K. | 1928 | 1982 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 | 18000 |
24824 (62) |
7.8 | 1.51 | 7.4 | 71.3 | 5.3 | |
| Details | Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook | Montessori, Maria | 1870 | 1952 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
24376 (60) |
22.4 | 1.54 | 14.6 | 53.4 | 11.4 | |
| 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 | 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 | Carmen | Mérimée, Prosper | Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) | 1803 (1853) | 1870 (1936) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 20000 |
23528 (58) |
15.7 | 1.43 | 9.4 | 69.8 | 7.4 |
| Details | Ghosts | Ibsen, Henrik | Archer, William | 1828 (1856) | 1906 (1924) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 |
23525 (58) |
8.4 | 1.44 | 6.4 | 76.7 | 4.7 |
| Details | Leonardo da Vinci A Psychosexual Study of an Infantile Reminiscence | Freud, Sigmund | Brill, A. A. (Abraham Arden) | 1856 (1874) | 1939 (1948) | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 12000 | 18000 |
23520 (58) |
26.4 | 1.69 | 18.2 | 37.1 | 14.6 |
| Details | Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth | Descartes, René | 1596 | 1650 | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 18000 |
23024 (57) |
81.4 | 1.54 | 38.0 | -5.7 | 34.3 | |
| 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 | 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 | Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of | Schlebecker, John T. | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 13000 | 18000 |
22455 (56) |
7.1 | 1.71 | 9.7 | 54.7 | 7.4 | |||
| Details | Maggie, a Girl of the Streets | Crane, Stephen | 1871 | 1900 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
22287 (55) |
11.7 | 1.47 | 8.3 | 70.5 | 6.3 | |
| Details | Political Ideals | Russell, Bertrand | 1872 | 1970 | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 |
22188 (55) |
25.4 | 1.64 | 16.9 | 42.1 | 13.7 | |
| Details | Meno | Plato | Jowett, Benjamin | 427BC (1817) | 347BC (1893) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 16000 |
22147 (55) |
19.6 | 1.5 | 12.8 | 59.8 | 9.8 |
| Details | L'avare. English | Molière | Wall, Charles Heron | 1622 | 1673 | 2000 | 3000 | 8000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
22064 (55) |
8.8 | 1.37 | 6.2 | 82.1 | 4.0 |
| Details | Merlin A Poem | Robinson, Edwin Arlington | 1869 | 1935 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
21993 (54) |
29.6 | 1.35 | 14.5 | 62.2 | 11.9 | |
| Details | Metamorphosis | Kafka, Franz | Wyllie, David | 1883 | 1924 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 5000 | 7000 | 12000 |
21986 (54) |
28.3 | 1.39 | 14.3 | 60.4 | 11.9 |
| Details | The Great God Pan | Machen, Arthur | 1863 | 1947 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 17000 |
21527 (53) |
19.7 | 1.45 | 11.3 | 64.5 | 9.2 | |
| Details | Common Sense | Paine, Thomas | 1737 | 1809 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 |
21504 (53) |
31.1 | 1.55 | 18.1 | 44.2 | 14.8 | |
| Details | Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | 1772 | 1834 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
21413 (53) |
20.3 | 1.31 | 9.8 | 75.3 | 7.8 | |
| 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 Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 | Marlowe, Christopher | 1564 | 1593 | 4000 | 6000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 | 24000 |
20740 (51) |
10.7 | 1.44 | 7.4 | 74.4 | 5.5 | |
| Details | The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanator | Aeschylus | Murray, Gilbert | 525BC (1866) | 456BC (1957) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
20586 (51) |
13.1 | 1.4 | 8.4 | 75.1 | 6.1 |
| Details | The Importance of Being Earnest | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 | 21000 |
20449 (51) |
7.8 | 1.55 | 8.4 | 68.1 | 5.7 | |
| 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 | Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet | Anonymous | 4000 | 4000 | 9000 | 14000 | 15000 | 17000 |
20223 (50) |
16.2 | 1.38 | 8.7 | 73.6 | 7.0 | |||
| Details | The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624 | Craven, Wesley Frank | 1905 | 1981 | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
20141 (50) |
29.4 | 1.67 | 19.4 | 36.0 | 15.5 | |
| 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 | McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book | Mc | 1800 | 1873 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 | 19000 | 21000 | 24000 |
20113 (50) |
11.6 | 1.47 | 6.8 | 70.5 | 6.3 | |
| Details | Discoverers and Explorers | Shaw, Edward R. (Edward Richard) | 1855 | 1903 | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 7000 | 9000 | 17000 |
20101 (50) |
19.6 | 1.48 | 12.3 | 61.4 | 9.6 | |
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.