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    (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 Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil) 1851 1935 3000 4000 7000 8000 11000 16000 165374
    (413)    		 21.2 1.53 13.7 56.2 10.7
    Details Introduction to the Science of Sociology Park, Robert Ezra 1864 1944 3000 4000 6000 9000 11000 17000 388459
    (971)    		 14.6 1.73 13.7 45.3 10.6
    Details The Book of Tea Okakura, Kakuzo 1862 1913 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 17957
    (44)    		 19.4 1.61 13.7 51.2 10.9
    Details Etiquette Post, Emily 1873 1960 2000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 200614
    (501)    		 23.2 1.51 13.7 55.5 11.3
    Details The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Ames, Azel 1845 1908 3000 4000 7000 10000 14000 22000 90669
    (226)    		 21.5 1.56 13.7 53.4 11.1
    Details The Chronicles of Clovis Saki 1870 1916 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 20000 52069
    (130)    		 20.8 1.57 13.7 52.5 11.1
    Details The Illustrated War News, Number 15, Nov. 18, 1914 Various 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 9530
    (23)    		 19.3 1.62 13.7 50.2 11.1
    Details How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five H Benedict, Ralph Paine 2000 4000 7000 12000 12000 21000 59865
    (149)    		 19.9 1.57 13.6 54.1 10.7
    Details Myths and Legends of China Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) 1864 1954 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 117310
    (293)    		 21.9 1.52 13.6 55.8 10.9
    Details Omens and Superstitions of Southern India Thurston, Edgar 1855 1935 3000 5000 10000 13000 16000 23000 93609
    (234)    		 21.1 1.55 13.6 54.1 10.9
    Details Roget's Thesaurus Roget, Peter Mark 1779 1869 10000 14000 19000 21000 23000 25000 180410
    (451)    		 9.1 1.94 13.6 33.6 10.8
    Details How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents a Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor 1873 1935 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 16000 134858
    (337)    		 19.9 1.58 13.6 52.7 10.9
    Details From sketch-book and diary Butler, Elizabeth 1846 1933 3000 5000 8000 11000 14000 21000 34038
    (85)    		 23.5 1.51 13.6 55.4 11.4
    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 The Art of Politicks Bramston, James 1694 1744 4000 8000 12000 17000 20000 24000 10432
    (26)    		 16.9 1.68 13.6 47.7 10.8
    Details All Things Considered Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 17000 59337
    (148)    		 21.3 1.54 13.6 54.7 10.9
    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
    Details Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete Various 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 21000 335852
    (839)    		 20.4 1.57 13.6 53.1 10.9
    Details The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV Ovid Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas) 43BC (1816) 18 (1878) 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 24000 137832
    (344)    		 21.9 1.49 13.5 58.2 10.6
    Details The Behavior of the Honey Bee in Pollen Collection Casteel, D. B. 4000 7000 8000 12000 19000 20000 12517
    (31)    		 21.6 1.57 13.5 52.3 11.3
    Details Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers Winks, William Edward 3000 4000 7000 9000 12000 18000 99421
    (248)    		 20.5 1.55 13.5 54.9 10.7
    Details El Filibusterismo. English Rizal, José Derbyshire, Charles E. 1861 1896 3000 5000 8000 11000 13000 21000 113914
    (284)    		 19.9 1.55 13.4 55.5 10.5
    Details The Spell of Belgium Anderson, Isabel 3000 4000 8000 11000 14000 21000 89821
    (224)    		 21.1 1.53 13.4 56.3 10.6
    Details Shakspere & Typography Blades, William 1824 1890 3000 4000 8000 11000 14000 19000 6763
    (16)    		 19.3 1.59 13.4 53.1 10.6
    Details The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United Wells-Barnett, Ida B. 1862 1931 3000 5000 8000 10000 11000 16000 33314
    (83)    		 20.7 1.54 13.4 55.5 10.7
    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 On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History Carlyle, Thomas 1795 1881 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 19000 87919
    (219)    		 22.6 1.49 13.4 58.1 10.8
    Details Ponce de Leon The Rise of the Argentine Republic Pilling, William 2000 4000 7000 11000 13000 20000 209446
    (523)    		 22.0 1.49 13.4 58.8 10.5
    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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7 Kelly, Edward to Kite Various 3000 5000 9000 12000 16000 22000 169040
    (422)    		 16.7 1.66 13.4 49.8 10.5
    Details Mansfield Park Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 5000 7000 10000 15000 157622
    (394)    		 22.6 1.48 13.3 59.1 10.6
    Details The Bontoc Igorot Jenks, Albert Ernest 1869 1953 3000 4000 7000 10000 11000 19000 103603
    (259)    		 22.1 1.53 13.3 55.2 11.0
    Details The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir 1857 1934 3000 5000 8000 12000 15000 20000 98023
    (245)    		 23.6 1.44 13.3 61.2 10.6
    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 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
    Details Northanger Abbey Austen, Jane 1775 1817 2000 3000 6000 8000 10000 15000 76450
    (191)    		 21.1 1.5 13.2 58.4 10.4
    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 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 Poe, Edgar Allan 1809 1849 3000 5000 9000 12000 15000 21000 77252
    (193)    		 18.8 1.58 13.2 53.7 10.5
    Details Roughing It Twain, Mark 1835 1911 3000 5000 8000 10000 12000 18000 164013
    (410)    		 22.6 1.49 13.2 57.9 10.8
    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 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 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Brontë, Anne 1820 1849 2000 4000 7000 9000 12000 17000 166923
    (417)    		 23.0 1.47 13.2 59.0 10.8
    Details Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable Bulfinch, Thomas 1796 1867 3000 6000 9000 13000 17000 24000 145570
    (363)    		 21.7 1.48 13.2 59.5 10.4
    Details The Elements of Style Strunk, William 3000 4000 7000 9000 10000 15000 13203
    (33)    		 15.7 1.65 13.1 51.3 10.0
    Details The House of Mirth Wharton, Edith 1862 1937 3000 4000 7000 9000 11000 16000 127415
    (318)    		 21.9 1.49 13.1 58.4 10.5
    Details Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates Plato Cary, Henry 427BC (1804) 347BC (1870) 2000 3000 6000 8000 11000 20000 51647
    (129)    		 21.7 1.45 13.1 62.5 9.9
    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 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 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 Modern Essays Beerbohm, Max, Sir 1872 1956 3000 5000 8000 10000 13000 20000 83522
    (208)    		 20.8 1.53 13.1 56.3 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.