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 Satyricon — Complete | Petronius Arbiter | 20 | 66 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
97604 (244) |
25.3 | 1.52 | 14.9 | 52.9 | 12.2 | |
| Details | In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts | Erasmus, Desiderius | 1469 | 1536 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
44403 (111) |
48.2 | 1.52 | 24.3 | 29.4 | 21.1 | |
| 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 | Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete | Dickinson, Emily | 1830 | 1886 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 14000 | 22000 |
30572 (76) |
13.2 | 1.44 | 8.9 | 71.7 | 6.6 | |
| Details | Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor | Hands, A. F. Morris | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 19000 | 22000 |
5892 (14) |
16.3 | 1.56 | 11.6 | 58.6 | 9.1 | |||
| Details | The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affectin | Record, Samuel J. (Samuel James) | 1881 | 1945 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 11000 | 13000 | 22000 |
42645 (106) |
9.4 | 1.6 | 9.7 | 62.1 | 6.9 | |
| Details | The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood | Pyle, Howard | 1853 | 1911 | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 15000 | 20000 | 22000 |
111009 (277) |
22.3 | 1.31 | 10.1 | 73.7 | 8.5 | |
| 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 | 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 | The Land That Time Forgot | Burroughs, Edgar Rice | 1875 | 1950 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 22000 |
36905 (92) |
20.0 | 1.44 | 11.3 | 64.7 | 9.2 | |
| 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 Invention of the Sewing Machine | Cooper, Grace Rogers | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
44774 (111) |
10.5 | 1.71 | 10.8 | 51.1 | 8.8 | |||
| Details | Handbook of Embroidery | Higgin, L. | 4000 | 5000 | 8000 | 14000 | 16000 | 22000 |
14622 (36) |
14.0 | 1.57 | 10.7 | 59.9 | 8.4 | |||
| Details | Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World | Cook, James | 1728 | 1779 | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 12000 | 22000 |
220361 (550) |
21.2 | 1.45 | 12.3 | 62.8 | 9.8 | |
| Details | The History of Antiquity, Vol. III (of VI) | Duncker, Max | Abbott, Evelyn | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 22000 |
140000 (350) |
16.9 | 1.57 | 12.8 | 56.8 | 9.5 | ||
| Details | A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago | Sedgwick, Anne Douglas | 1873 | 1935 | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
27814 (69) |
22.9 | 1.47 | 12.8 | 59.5 | 10.7 | |
| Details | Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews | United States. Work Projects Administration | 2000 | 6000 | 9000 | 15000 | 20000 | 22000 |
126940 (317) |
17.2 | 1.35 | 8.8 | 75.6 | 7.0 | |||
| Details | Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas | Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline) | 1859 | 1929 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 11000 | 13000 | 22000 |
99800 (249) |
31.1 | 1.49 | 16.7 | 48.9 | 14.2 | |
| Details | Hamlet | Shakespeare, William | 1564 | 1616 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 15000 | 22000 |
28983 (72) |
8.3 | 1.43 | 6.8 | 77.6 | 4.5 | |
| Details | Ramayana. English | Valmiki | Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) | (1826) | (1906) | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
394725 (986) |
19.0 | 1.38 | 10.5 | 70.4 | 8.1 |
| 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 Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch | Petrarca, Francesco | 1304 | 1374 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
189869 (474) |
22.6 | 1.43 | 12.7 | 63.0 | 10.1 | |
| 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 | 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 | Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson | Emerson, Ralph Waldo | 1803 | 1882 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
91306 (228) |
21.0 | 1.53 | 13.6 | 55.9 | 10.7 | |
| Details | Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend | Aesop | Townsend, George Fyler | 620BC (1814) | 563BC (1900) | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 13000 | 22000 |
40748 (101) |
22.2 | 1.43 | 12.6 | 63.5 | 9.9 |
| Details | Just So Stories | Kipling, Rudyard | 1865 | 1936 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
28603 (71) |
17.3 | 1.38 | 9.0 | 72.8 | 7.4 | |
| Details | Biblical Geography and History | Kent, Charles Foster | 1867 | 1925 | 3000 | 4000 | 7000 | 9000 | 11000 | 22000 |
99638 (249) |
22.8 | 1.62 | 15.4 | 46.3 | 12.5 | |
| Details | Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. I of II) | Bucke, Charles | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 22000 |
144564 (361) |
24.0 | 1.58 | 15.7 | 48.5 | 12.5 | |||
| Details | 1601 Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors | Twain, Mark | 1835 | 1911 | 3000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
11354 (28) |
22.8 | 1.57 | 14.4 | 51.0 | 11.8 | |
| Details | The Burglars' Club A Romance in Twelve Chronicles | Hering, Henry A. | 2000 | 4000 | 7000 | 11000 | 15000 | 22000 |
51301 (128) |
11.1 | 1.49 | 8.8 | 69.2 | 6.4 | |||
| 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 Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe Including Essays on Poetry | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 22000 |
58756 (146) |
19.8 | 1.5 | 12.5 | 59.8 | 9.8 | |
| 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 | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | 1772 | 1834 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
3850 (9) |
15.8 | 1.28 | 7.4 | 82.7 | 5.7 | |
| 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 | 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 Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I | Behn, Aphra | 1640 | 1689 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 22000 |
144849 (362) |
9.2 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 78.6 | 4.6 | |
| Details | Poems | Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) | 1888 | 1965 | 4000 | 7000 | 12000 | 15000 | 19000 | 22000 |
6546 (16) |
21.2 | 1.49 | 12.5 | 59.2 | 10.3 | |
| Details | The Evolution of Fashion | Gardiner, Florence Mary | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
28786 (71) |
24.8 | 1.61 | 15.8 | 45.8 | 13.0 | |||
| Details | The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 | Yule, Henry, Sir | (1820) | (1889) | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 15000 | 22000 |
313144 (782) |
16.0 | 1.55 | 11.7 | 59.5 | 8.9 | |
| Details | All About Coffee | Ukers, William H. (William Harrison) | 1873 | 1945 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
387030 (967) |
13.8 | 1.67 | 11.8 | 51.5 | 9.5 | |
| Details | A Watcher in The Woods | Sharp, Dallas Lore | 1870 | 1929 | 2000 | 5000 | 8000 | 10000 | 14000 | 22000 |
30932 (77) |
20.5 | 1.42 | 10.9 | 65.8 | 9.2 | |
| 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 Doré Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Complete | 3000 | 6000 | 8000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
35371 (88) |
24.1 | 1.35 | 12.3 | 68.0 | 9.8 | ||||
| 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 | English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Accompanied by a compendium, embracing a ne | Kirkham, Samuel | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 14000 | 16000 | 22000 |
91181 (227) |
13.9 | 1.56 | 11.3 | 60.4 | 8.3 | |||
| Details | The Grammar of English Grammars | Brown, Goold | 1791 | 1857 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 22000 |
875923 (2189) |
10.3 | 1.55 | 9.6 | 65.3 | 6.7 | |
| Details | The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known | Jacobs, Joseph | 1854 | 1916 | 3000 | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 22000 |
46249 (115) |
15.9 | 1.63 | 13.1 | 52.9 | 9.8 | |
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.