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 Hindu-Arabic Numerals | Karpinski, Louis Charles | 1878 | 1956 | 3000 | 6000 | 11000 | 15000 | 18000 | 23000 |
45182 (112) |
11.6 | 1.69 | 11.9 | 51.6 | 8.9 | |
| Details | The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiec | Aristotle | 384BC | 322BC | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 15000 | 18000 | 23000 |
107312 (268) |
26.1 | 1.45 | 14.5 | 57.5 | 11.7 | |
| 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 | The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes | Terence | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) | (1816) | (1878) | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 18000 | 23000 |
125987 (314) |
9.6 | 1.43 | 7.7 | 76.1 | 5.0 |
| Details | A Little Book of Filipino Riddles | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 15000 | 18000 | 24000 |
15684 (39) |
8.6 | 1.64 | 8.8 | 59.3 | 7.1 | ||||
| Details | Rob Roy — Complete | Scott, Walter, Sir | 1771 | 1832 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 18000 | 24000 |
190693 (476) |
29.9 | 1.53 | 17.0 | 46.9 | 14.2 | |
| Details | The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar | Leblanc, Maurice | 1864 | 1941 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 18000 | 18000 |
53672 (134) |
12.4 | 1.53 | 9.9 | 65.1 | 7.2 | |
| Details | The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to | Anonymous | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 16000 | 18000 | 23000 |
9268 (23) |
12.3 | 1.68 | 11.9 | 52.0 | 9.1 | |||
| Details | The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio | Boccaccio, Giovanni | Payne, John | 1313 (1842) | 1375 (1916) | 3000 | 6000 | 12000 | 15000 | 18000 | 22000 |
306465 (766) |
44.1 | 1.44 | 21.5 | 40.2 | 18.6 |
| Details | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | Ovid | Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) | 43BC (1816) | 18 (1878) | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 | 25000 |
123549 (308) |
20.1 | 1.5 | 12.7 | 59.9 | 9.9 |
| Details | Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation | Thomssen, E. G. | 4000 | 7000 | 14000 | 17000 | 18000 | 22000 |
59096 (147) |
9.9 | 1.67 | 10.7 | 55.9 | 7.9 | |||
| Details | The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened | Digby, Kenelm | 1603 | 1665 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 18000 | 23000 |
92490 (231) |
27.3 | 1.37 | 13.1 | 63.1 | 11.2 | |
| Details | Origin and Early History of the Fashion Plate | Nevinson, John L. | 3000 | 5000 | 11000 | 14000 | 18000 | 25000 |
9332 (23) |
20.1 | 1.67 | 14.7 | 45.4 | 11.9 | |||
| Details | Arabian nights. English | Anonymous | Burton, Richard Francis, Sir | (1821) | (1890) | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 14000 | 18000 | 22000 |
172497 (431) |
25.8 | 1.41 | 13.4 | 61.6 | 11.1 |
| Details | Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English | Verne, Jules | 1828 | 1905 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 15000 | 18000 | 24000 |
102277 (255) |
15.2 | 1.52 | 10.9 | 62.5 | 8.3 | |
| Details | The Swastika The Earliest Known Symbol, and Its Migration; with Observations on | Wilson, Thomas | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 18000 | 22000 |
94225 (235) |
9.4 | 1.66 | 10.9 | 57.1 | 7.6 | |||
| Details | The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper | Homer | Cowper, William | 750BC (1731) | 650BC (1800) | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 | 24000 |
169570 (423) |
21.2 | 1.46 | 12.7 | 61.8 | 9.9 |
| Details | The Waste Land | Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) | 1888 | 1965 | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 14000 | 17000 | 22000 |
4490 (11) |
12.0 | 1.51 | 8.9 | 66.6 | 7.0 | |
| Details | The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated | Dante Alighieri | Cary, Henry Francis | 1265 (1772) | 1321 (1844) | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 13000 | 17000 | 23000 |
108262 (270) |
24.5 | 1.34 | 12.1 | 68.4 | 9.8 |
| Details | The Three Musketeers | Dumas, Alexandre | 1802 | 1870 | 2000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 | 21000 |
227889 (569) |
14.7 | 1.48 | 10.7 | 66.6 | 7.6 | |
| Details | The Ten Books on Architecture | Vitruvius Pollio | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 | 22000 |
97942 (244) |
20.5 | 1.5 | 13.2 | 58.7 | 10.2 | |||
| Details | Siddhartha | Hesse, Hermann | 1877 | 1962 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 17000 | 20000 |
39112 (97) |
21.2 | 1.44 | 12.4 | 63.5 | 9.7 | |
| Details | Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem | Hall, J. Lesslie (John Lesslie) | (1856) | (1928) | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 | 25000 |
37282 (93) |
19.9 | 1.55 | 11.9 | 55.4 | 10.5 | |
| 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 | The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2 | Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane) | 1873 | 1915 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 | 21000 |
201803 (504) |
19.5 | 1.56 | 13.2 | 54.7 | 10.5 | |
| Details | Paradise Lost | Milton, John | 1608 | 1674 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 13000 | 17000 | 23000 |
80144 (200) |
43.3 | 1.42 | 21.0 | 42.9 | 18.0 | |
| 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 | Music Notation and Terminology | Gehrkens, Karl Wilson | 1882 | 1975 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 15000 | 17000 | 23000 |
40795 (101) |
13.0 | 1.66 | 11.8 | 53.5 | 9.0 | |
| Details | Little Jeanne of France | Brandeis, Madeline | 1897 | 1937 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 17000 | 17000 |
15537 (38) |
10.6 | 1.39 | 6.4 | 78.6 | 4.9 | |
| Details | Our Mutual Friend | Dickens, Charles | 1812 | 1870 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 17000 | 17000 |
319979 (799) |
15.6 | 1.46 | 10.0 | 67.8 | 7.7 | |
| Details | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam | Omar Khayyám | FitzGerald, Edward | 1048 (1809) | 1122 (1883) | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 | 23000 |
11527 (28) |
18.2 | 1.46 | 11.1 | 64.5 | 8.8 |
| 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 | Erotica Romana | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von | 1749 | 1832 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 14000 | 17000 | 24000 |
6681 (16) |
16.7 | 1.48 | 10.8 | 64.5 | 8.4 | |
| Details | Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 | Malory, Thomas, Sir | 1400 | 1470 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 17000 | 23000 |
187600 (469) |
26.2 | 1.32 | 12.9 | 68.5 | 10.2 | |
| Details | Keats: Poems Published in 1820 | Keats, John | 1795 | 1821 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 | 24000 |
38774 (96) |
11.3 | 1.43 | 7.9 | 74.1 | 5.7 | |
| Details | Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, S | Kleiser, Grenville | 1868 | 1953 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 17000 | 22000 |
81255 (203) |
230.2 | 1.83 | 101.1 | -181.4 | 95.7 | |
| Details | Beeton's Book of Needlework | Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) | 1836 | 1865 | 4000 | 6000 | 14000 | 15000 | 17000 | 20000 |
81453 (203) |
13.6 | 1.47 | 8.8 | 68.7 | 7.0 | |
| Details | Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit | Harris, Joel Chandler | 1848 | 1908 | 2000 | 6000 | 9000 | 14000 | 17000 | 22000 |
6823 (17) |
22.2 | 1.24 | 10.0 | 79.0 | 7.8 | |
| Details | The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 1 | Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane) | 1873 | 1915 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 | 22000 |
175708 (439) |
16.8 | 1.62 | 12.6 | 53.1 | 10.0 | |
| Details | The Raven | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 | 24000 |
7059 (17) |
19.1 | 1.55 | 12.7 | 56.5 | 10.1 | |
| Details | Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise Giving Complete and Simple Dir | Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) | 1871 | 1954 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 14000 | 17000 | 21000 |
10808 (27) |
16.3 | 1.46 | 10.1 | 67.1 | 7.9 | |
| Details | Bartleby, the Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street | Melville, Herman | 1819 | 1891 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 | 19000 |
14288 (35) |
17.6 | 1.57 | 12.3 | 56.2 | 9.8 | |
| Details | Right Ho, Jeeves | Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) | 1881 | 1975 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 13000 | 17000 | 24000 |
73251 (183) |
11.4 | 1.44 | 7.8 | 73.2 | 5.9 | |
| Details | Cyrano De Bergerac | Rostand, Edmond | Thomas, Gladys | 1868 | 1918 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 | 23000 |
34576 (86) |
9.7 | 1.45 | 7.4 | 74.4 | 5.3 |
| 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 | New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in | Cotter, John L.Hudson, J. Paul | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 | 23000 |
15759 (39) |
19.1 | 1.71 | 15.1 | 42.4 | 12.1 | |||
| Details | The Book of the Aquarium and Water Cabinet or Practical Instructions on the Form | Hibberd, Shirley | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 17000 | 22000 |
40114 (100) |
17.5 | 1.59 | 12.8 | 54.9 | 10.0 | |||
| Details | The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Complete | Dante Alighieri | Cary, Henry Francis | 1265 (1772) | 1321 (1844) | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 14000 | 17000 | 23000 |
36446 (91) |
22.3 | 1.34 | 11.1 | 71.3 | 8.8 |
| Details | Handwork in Wood | Noyes, William | 1862 | 1928 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 13000 | 17000 | 21000 |
58844 (147) |
9.0 | 1.48 | 7.3 | 72.5 | 5.4 | |
| Details | Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell | Dante Alighieri | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth | 1265 (1807) | 1321 (1882) | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 17000 | 23000 |
38252 (95) |
26.1 | 1.4 | 13.6 | 62.1 | 11.1 |
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.