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 | Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover | Anonymous | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 |
32078 (80) |
36.5 | 1.52 | 19.6 | 41.2 | 16.6 | |||
Details | Line and Form (1900) | Crane, Walter | 1845 | 1915 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 19000 |
44073 (110) |
32.9 | 1.64 | 19.6 | 34.8 | 16.6 | |
Details | On the Nature of Things | Lucretius Carus, Titus | Leonard, William Ellery | 94BC (1876) | 49BC (1944) | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 15000 | 23000 |
73647 (184) |
41.8 | 1.39 | 19.5 | 47.2 | 17.1 |
Details | Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller | Schiller, Friedrich | 1759 | 1805 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 16000 |
145128 (362) |
32.5 | 1.6 | 19.5 | 38.3 | 16.0 | |
Details | The Ladies Delight | Anonymous | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 14000 | 16000 |
4466 (11) |
42.1 | 1.35 | 19.5 | 50.1 | 16.7 | |||
Details | The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 | Herodotus | Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell) | 480BC (1852) | 420BC (1915) | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 19000 |
159214 (398) |
38.2 | 1.44 | 19.5 | 45.9 | 16.4 |
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 | The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General | Nuttall, P. Austin | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
758344 (1895) |
30.7 | 1.69 | 19.4 | 32.9 | 16.3 | |||
Details | The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 | Livy | Spillan, D. (Daniel) | (1854) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 20000 |
231205 (578) |
32.4 | 1.58 | 19.4 | 40.1 | 15.7 | |
Details | De Bello Gallico and Other Commentaries | Caesar, Julius | McDevitte, W. A. (William Alexander) | 100BC | 44BC | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
158969 (397) |
33.9 | 1.55 | 19.3 | 41.0 | 16.0 |
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 | 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 | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Fa | Darwin, Charles | 1809 | 1882 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
154299 (385) |
30.7 | 1.67 | 19.2 | 34.8 | 16.0 | |
Details | Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete | Young, Filson | 1876 | 1938 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 21000 |
161166 (402) |
35.3 | 1.5 | 19.2 | 44.2 | 15.9 | |
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 | Leviathan | Hobbes, Thomas | 1588 | 1679 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 14000 | 19000 |
211956 (529) |
34.2 | 1.51 | 19.0 | 44.3 | 15.6 | |
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 | The Vampyre; a Tale | Polidori, John William | 1795 | 1821 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 21000 |
12586 (31) |
34.3 | 1.52 | 18.9 | 43.3 | 15.7 | |
Details | On the origin of species | Darwin, Charles | 1809 | 1882 | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 20000 |
153985 (384) |
29.6 | 1.67 | 18.8 | 35.7 | 15.6 | |
Details | The Antichrist | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) | 1844 (1880) | 1900 (1956) | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 18000 |
32360 (80) |
32.0 | 1.59 | 18.7 | 39.5 | 15.7 |
Details | Swann's Way | Proust, Marcel | Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth) | 1871 (1889) | 1922 (1930) | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 17000 |
194407 (486) |
36.0 | 1.47 | 18.7 | 45.6 | 15.8 |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Plutarch's Lives, Volume I | Plutarch | Stewart, Aubrey | 46 (1844) | 120 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 12000 | 19000 |
184023 (460) |
32.8 | 1.53 | 18.6 | 44.0 | 15.3 |
Details | Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 | Lacroix, John Victor | 1882 | 4000 | 8000 | 15000 | 20000 | 22000 | 25000 |
78588 (196) |
23.6 | 1.79 | 18.6 | 31.1 | 14.8 | ||
Details | The Connexion Between Taste and Morals Two lectures | Hopkins, Mark | 1802 | 1887 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 17000 |
15404 (38) |
32.4 | 1.55 | 18.6 | 43.2 | 15.3 | |
Details | The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 11000 | 15000 | 21000 |
91873 (229) |
27.8 | 1.66 | 18.4 | 38.2 | 14.9 | ||||
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 | Private Sex Advice to Women For Young Wives and those who Expect to be Married | Armitage, R. B. | 3000 | 4000 | 8000 | 10000 | 12000 | 17000 |
68583 (171) |
27.3 | 1.68 | 18.3 | 37.4 | 14.8 | |||
Details | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Irving, Washington | 1783 | 1859 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 21000 |
12209 (30) |
35.0 | 1.51 | 18.3 | 43.9 | 15.8 | |
Details | The Kingdom of God Is Within You | Tolstoy, Leo, graf | Garnett, Constance | 1828 (1861) | 1910 (1946) | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
123231 (308) |
31.0 | 1.56 | 18.3 | 43.6 | 14.9 |
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 | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 20000 |
110968 (277) |
42.0 | 1.3 | 18.2 | 54.1 | 16.2 | |
Details | Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Pe | Jacob, P. L. | 1806 | 1884 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 14000 | 21000 |
155617 (389) |
29.5 | 1.61 | 18.2 | 40.7 | 14.9 | |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 | Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer) | 1840 | 1914 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 16000 |
206172 (515) |
29.9 | 1.59 | 18.0 | 41.9 | 14.8 | |
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 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 | Fifty Years in Chains Or, the Life of an American Slave | Ball, Charles | 2000 | 4000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 15000 |
105338 (263) |
35.5 | 1.43 | 17.9 | 49.7 | 15.1 | |||
Details | Erewhon | Butler, Samuel | 1835 | 1902 | 2000 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 11000 | 16000 |
83680 (209) |
33.5 | 1.49 | 17.9 | 46.5 | 15.1 | |
Details | The Economic Consequences of the Peace | Keynes, John Maynard | 1883 | 1946 | 3000 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 10000 | 16000 |
67762 (169) |
26.4 | 1.67 | 17.9 | 38.9 | 14.4 | |
Details | The Shunned House | Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips) | 1890 | 1937 | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 18000 |
10663 (26) |
30.4 | 1.6 | 17.9 | 40.3 | 15.2 | |
Details | Amerigo Vespucci | Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) | 1849 | 1913 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 20000 |
55391 (138) |
29.6 | 1.56 | 17.8 | 45.1 | 14.3 | |
Details | Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Trad | Fea, Allan | 1860 | 1956 | 3000 | 5000 | 7000 | 9000 | 13000 | 19000 |
33872 (84) |
31.2 | 1.58 | 17.8 | 41.2 | 15.3 | |
Details | The Fall of the House of Usher | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 15000 | 20000 |
6977 (17) |
29.1 | 1.62 | 17.8 | 40.3 | 14.9 |
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.