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 | The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
134572 (336) |
18.1 | 1.49 | 11.4 | 62.8 | 9.0 | |
| Details | Moral Principles in Education | Dewey, John | 1859 | 1952 | 3000 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 7000 | 12000 |
10720 (26) |
22.1 | 1.69 | 16.1 | 41.4 | 13.0 | |
| Details | Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience | Matthews, Ike | 1857 | 1913 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
14490 (36) |
26.6 | 1.37 | 13.1 | 63.8 | 11.0 | |
| Details | The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People | Wilson, Woodrow | 1856 | 1924 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 | 14000 |
54535 (136) |
27.1 | 1.54 | 16.5 | 48.8 | 13.2 | |
| Details | First Lessons in Geography Or, Introduction to Youth's Manual of Geography | Monteith, James | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 10000 | 17000 |
5269 (13) |
3.1 | 1.69 | 7.6 | 60.8 | 5.5 | |||
| Details | Supply and Demand | Henderson, Hubert Douglas, Sir | 1890 | 1952 | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
50755 (126) |
23.5 | 1.61 | 15.9 | 46.8 | 12.6 | |
| Details | Civil Disobedience | Thoreau, Henry David | 1817 | 1862 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
9251 (23) |
26.4 | 1.5 | 15.2 | 53.5 | 12.3 | |
| Details | Strictures on Nullification | Everett, Alexander Hill | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 | 14000 |
30117 (75) |
36.3 | 1.66 | 22.0 | 29.6 | 18.2 | |||
| Details | Gretchen A Novel | Holmes, Mary J. | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
173864 (434) |
23.1 | 1.36 | 11.8 | 68.0 | 9.5 | |||
| Details | Email 101 | Goodwin, John | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 11000 | 19000 |
19561 (48) |
15.1 | 1.63 | 12.3 | 53.6 | 9.5 | |||
| Details | The Greatest English Classic A Study of the King James Version of the Bible and | Mc | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 18000 |
63686 (159) |
20.7 | 1.51 | 13.1 | 58.4 | 10.3 | |||
| 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 | The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 21000 |
70421 (176) |
12.3 | 1.41 | 7.9 | 75.2 | 5.8 | |
| Details | The New Woman An Original Comedy, In Four Acts | Grundy, Sydney | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
17860 (44) |
4.8 | 1.52 | 6.8 | 73.6 | 4.2 | |||
| 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 | The Elements of Drawing In Three Letters to Beginners | Ruskin, John | 1819 | 1900 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
72573 (181) |
29.6 | 1.47 | 16.0 | 52.7 | 13.3 | |
| Details | The Analysis of Mind | Russell, Bertrand | 1872 | 1970 | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 | 15000 |
88527 (221) |
24.8 | 1.63 | 16.8 | 43.3 | 13.4 | |
| Details | The Beginner's American History | Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry) | 1837 | 1928 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 6000 | 8000 | 13000 |
67333 (168) |
13.6 | 1.47 | 9.6 | 68.8 | 7.0 | |
| 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 | Hedda Gabler | Ibsen, Henrik | Gosse, Edmund | 1828 (1849) | 1906 (1928) | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
28907 (72) |
6.6 | 1.42 | 5.2 | 80.1 | 3.7 |
| 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 | Essays in Experimental Logic | Dewey, John | 1859 | 1952 | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
107047 (267) |
25.9 | 1.71 | 18.1 | 36.3 | 14.6 | |
| Details | Pollyanna | Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) | 1868 | 1920 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 9000 | 14000 |
54339 (135) |
11.6 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 76.5 | 5.5 | |
| Details | An Enemy of the People | Ibsen, Henrik | Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) | 1828 (1864) | 1906 (1945) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
30158 (75) |
8.8 | 1.45 | 6.7 | 75.2 | 5.0 |
| 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 | An Ideal Husband | Wilde, Oscar | 1854 | 1900 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 17000 |
28974 (72) |
7.5 | 1.47 | 6.3 | 75.2 | 4.6 | |
| Details | The Good Soldier | Ford, Ford Madox | 1873 | 1939 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 18000 |
74336 (185) |
19.0 | 1.45 | 11.3 | 65.2 | 8.9 | |
| Details | The Republic | Plato | Jowett, Benjamin | 427BC (1817) | 347BC (1893) | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
124102 (310) |
22.4 | 1.45 | 13.2 | 61.6 | 10.2 |
| Details | The Diva's Ruby | Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) | 1854 | 1909 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
115276 (288) |
18.3 | 1.42 | 10.9 | 67.9 | 8.3 | |
| Details | The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of Jane Austen A Linked Index of all PG Edi | Austen, Jane | 1775 | 1817 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
768172 (1920) |
21.8 | 1.5 | 13.4 | 58.0 | 10.6 | |
| 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 | Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich | West, Julius | 1860 (1891) | 1904 (1918) | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
66807 (167) |
9.8 | 1.46 | 7.6 | 73.3 | 5.5 |
| Details | Pen Drawing An Illustrated Treatise | Maginnis, Charles Donagh | 1867 | 1955 | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 10000 | 15000 |
16817 (42) |
14.9 | 1.61 | 12.1 | 55.5 | 9.2 | |
| Details | Of Human Bondage | Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) | 1874 | 1965 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
258577 (646) |
15.5 | 1.42 | 9.6 | 70.9 | 7.2 | |
| Details | Mark Twain's Speeches | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
92337 (230) |
19.2 | 1.47 | 11.6 | 63.2 | 9.2 | |
| Details | Pygmalion | Shaw, Bernard | 1856 | 1950 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
33146 (82) |
10.4 | 1.48 | 8.2 | 71.5 | 5.9 | |
| 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 | 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 | The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge | Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir | 1859 | 1930 | 2000 | 3000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 |
11304 (28) |
14.1 | 1.46 | 9.7 | 68.8 | 7.2 | |
| Details | Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 | Bellamy, Edward | 1850 | 1898 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
77522 (193) |
24.0 | 1.55 | 15.1 | 51.1 | 12.1 | |
| 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 | Eve's Diary, Complete | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 1000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 15000 |
6746 (16) |
19.9 | 1.37 | 10.4 | 70.6 | 8.4 | |
| Details | British Political Leaders | Mc | 1830 | 1912 | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
63507 (158) |
29.9 | 1.61 | 18.3 | 40.3 | 15.1 | |
| Details | The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account o | Keller, Helen | 1880 | 1968 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 14000 |
133525 (333) |
19.7 | 1.46 | 11.5 | 63.2 | 9.3 | |
| Details | Little Philippe of Belgium | Brandeis, Madeline | 1897 | 1937 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 6000 | 7000 | 11000 |
17734 (44) |
9.9 | 1.39 | 6.5 | 79.0 | 4.7 | |
| Details | Psychology and Social Practice | Dewey, John | 1859 | 1952 | 3000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 8000 | 12000 |
7549 (18) |
27.6 | 1.75 | 19.3 | 30.7 | 15.8 | |
| 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 | The Woman in White | Collins, Wilkie | 1824 | 1889 | 2000 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 16000 |
241638 (604) |
17.8 | 1.47 | 11.3 | 64.1 | 8.7 | |
| 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 | Alice's Adventures Under Ground Being a facsimile of the original Ms. book after | Carroll, Lewis | 1832 | 1898 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 14000 | 21000 |
15023 (37) |
18.5 | 1.37 | 9.7 | 71.8 | 7.8 | |
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.