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    Vocabulary Coverage
    (Difficult: 98%, Appropriate: 99%)
    Conventional Readability Formula
    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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 3 Wordsworth, William 1770 1850 3000 6000 9000 11000 14000 21000 118027
    (295)    		 29.5 1.48 15.9 52.0 13.3
    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 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 Coming Race Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron 1803 1873 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 18000 52320
    (130)    		 29.3 1.56 17.2 45.2 14.2
    Details The Life of Reason The Phases of Human Progress Santayana, George 1863 1952 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 19000 317310
    (793)    		 29.2 1.72 19.8 31.8 16.1
    Details A Child's History of England Dickens, Charles 1812 1870 2000 4000 6000 8000 11000 15000 161921
    (404)    		 29.2 1.44 15.5 55.5 12.8
    Details The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The Equiano, Olaudah 1745 1797 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 81664
    (204)    		 29.1 1.46 15.7 53.5 13.0
    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
    Details The Essays of Francis Bacon Bacon, Francis 1561 1626 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 22000 52994
    (132)    		 29.0 1.48 16.2 51.9 13.2
    Details The Civil War in America Fuller's Modern Age, August 1861 Russell, William Howard, Sir 1820 1907 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 20000 80322
    (200)    		 29.0 1.55 17.0 46.6 14.0
    Details The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the Homer Butler, Samuel 750BC (1835) 650BC (1902) 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 21000 128461
    (321)    		 28.9 1.35 14.4 63.1 11.6
    Details From Gretna Green to Land's End A Literary Journey in England. Bates, Katharine Lee 1859 1929 4000 6000 9000 12000 14000 21000 71781
    (179)    		 28.9 1.52 15.8 49.2 13.6
    Details A Short History of H.M.S. Victory Wharton, William James Lloyd 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 15824
    (39)    		 28.9 1.52 16.8 49.3 13.6
    Details Apology Plato Jowett, Benjamin 427BC (1817) 347BC (1893) 2000 3000 6000 8000 12000 17000 16049
    (40)    		 28.8 1.46 15.8 54.0 12.9
    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 Ivanhoe Scott, Walter, Sir 1771 1832 4000 6000 10000 12000 15000 22000 190957
    (477)    		 28.7 1.49 16.0 51.5 13.2
    Details A Princess of Mars Burroughs, Edgar Rice 1875 1950 3000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 67354
    (168)    		 28.6 1.5 15.5 51.3 13.2
    Details Palmistry for All Cheiro 1866 1936 2000 3000 6000 7000 10000 21000 41356
    (103)    		 28.5 1.51 16.3 50.3 13.3
    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 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 On the Trail of The Immigrant Steiner, Edward A. 1866 1856 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 87463
    (218)    		 28.2 1.54 16.4 47.9 13.6
    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 Walden Thoreau, Henry David 1817 1862 3000 4000 8000 10000 13000 20000 114891
    (287)    		 27.9 1.46 15.0 55.4 12.5
    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 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 The American Horsewoman Karr, Elizabeth 2000 4000 7000 11000 12000 20000 70753
    (176)    		 27.7 1.48 15.1 54.0 12.6
    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 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 Synopsis of Jewish History From the Return of the Jews from the Babylonish Capti Henry, Henry A. 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 17000 40370
    (100)    		 27.5 1.59 17.7 44.1 13.9
    Details She Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider) 1856 1925 3000 5000 10000 12000 15000 23000 129365
    (323)    		 27.4 1.47 15.1 54.7 12.4
    Details The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in Engels, Friedrich Kelley, Florence 1820 (1859) 1895 (1932) 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 114426
    (286)    		 27.4 1.62 17.1 42.3 14.2
    Details History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald) 1873 1930 3000 5000 7000 11000 15000 23000 113094
    (282)    		 27.4 1.61 17.3 43.2 14.0
    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 Problems of Philosophy Russell, Bertrand 1872 1970 2000 3000 4000 6000 8000 15000 42186
    (105)    		 27.3 1.56 16.8 47.2 13.5
    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 The Mysteries of Udolpho Radcliffe, Ann Ward 1764 1823 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 18000 289394
    (723)    		 27.3 1.53 16.5 49.8 13.1
    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 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 The Old Road Belloc, Hilaire 1870 1953 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 17000 54235
    (135)    		 27.0 1.48 15.1 54.2 12.4
    Details Tenting on the Plains or General Custer in Kansas and Texas Custer, Elizabeth B. 2000 4000 7000 10000 12000 19000 136367
    (340)    		 27.0 1.49 15.2 53.3 12.5
    Details The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault Perrault, Charles 1628 1703 2000 4000 7000 11000 13000 20000 28065
    (70)    		 26.8 1.4 13.8 61.1 11.4
    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 The Practice and Science of Drawing Speed, Harold 1873 2000 3000 5000 7000 9000 14000 75941
    (189)    		 26.6 1.55 16.1 48.9 13.1
    Details The Bible, Old and New Testaments, King James Version 3000 6000 9000 12000 16000 20000 790029
    (1975)    		 26.6 1.35 13.2 66.1 10.6

    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.