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 | 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 | Little Black Sambo | Bannerman, Helen | 1862 | 1946 | 4000 | 5000 | 12000 | 12000 | 12000 | 12000 |
1153 (2) |
16.0 | 1.41 | 9.0 | 71.2 | 7.3 | |
| 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 Piazza Tales | Melville, Herman | 1819 | 1891 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 16000 | 21000 |
78731 (196) |
23.0 | 1.55 | 14.2 | 52.4 | 11.7 | |
| Details | The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson | Blackwell, I. A. | 1179 | 1241 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 23000 |
84459 (211) |
11.7 | 1.42 | 7.6 | 75.2 | 5.7 |
| 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 | 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 | The Four Million | Henry, O. | 1862 | 1910 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
51419 (128) |
14.7 | 1.47 | 9.6 | 67.7 | 7.5 | |
| 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 | Theory of the Leisure Class | Veblen, Thorstein | 1857 | 1929 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 13000 | 19000 |
105017 (262) |
33.7 | 1.76 | 21.7 | 24.1 | 18.3 | |
| 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 | The Voyage of the Beagle | Darwin, Charles | 1809 | 1882 | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
210326 (525) |
21.0 | 1.57 | 13.8 | 52.6 | 11.1 | |
| Details | The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems | Pope, Alexander | 1688 | 1744 | 4000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
54188 (135) |
19.7 | 1.47 | 12.1 | 62.2 | 9.5 | |
| 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 | Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine | Elliott, James, Sir | 1880 | 1959 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 23000 |
36438 (91) |
20.3 | 1.66 | 15.5 | 45.7 | 11.9 | |
| 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 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 | The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights | Knowles, James, Sir | 1831 | 1908 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
93384 (233) |
26.0 | 1.32 | 12.6 | 68.7 | 10.1 | |
| 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 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 | History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12) | Maspero, G. (Gaston) | McClure, M. L. | 1846 | 1916 (1918) | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 24000 |
92419 (231) |
25.9 | 1.58 | 16.3 | 46.5 | 13.2 |
| Details | French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France | Marie, de France, 12th cent. | Mason, Eugene | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 23000 |
73605 (184) |
19.2 | 1.33 | 10.0 | 74.8 | 7.6 | ||
| Details | British Castles | Ashdown, Charles H. | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 23000 |
39601 (99) |
25.6 | 1.66 | 17.2 | 40.7 | 14.0 | |||
| Details | The Story of Versailles | Payne, Francis Loring | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 21000 |
33903 (84) |
23.1 | 1.57 | 15.1 | 50.4 | 12.0 | |||
| Details | The Descent of Man | Darwin, Charles | 1809 | 1882 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 16000 | 23000 |
298564 (746) |
17.6 | 1.66 | 14.0 | 48.4 | 10.9 | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Vanity Fair | Thackeray, William Makepeace | 1811 | 1863 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
298755 (746) |
22.3 | 1.48 | 13.0 | 59.0 | 10.6 | |
| Details | Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part I | Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven) | 1859 | 1924 | 3000 | 4000 | 9000 | 12000 | 13000 | 19000 |
18024 (45) |
13.6 | 1.42 | 9.1 | 72.7 | 6.5 | |
| 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 Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philoso | Mackey, Albert Gallatin | 1807 | 1881 | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 21000 |
100385 (250) |
23.8 | 1.65 | 16.8 | 43.3 | 13.1 | |
| Details | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | Hesiod | Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard) | (1924) | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 24000 |
87152 (217) |
19.4 | 1.47 | 11.8 | 62.6 | 9.3 | |
| Details | The 2010 CIA World Factbook | United States. Central Intelligence Agency | 3000 | 5000 | 8000 | 12000 | 15000 | 24000 |
1297237 (3243) |
13.8 | 2.0 | 16.9 | 23.4 | 13.4 | |||
| Details | The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation | 4000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 15000 | 23000 |
86027 (215) |
18.6 | 1.35 | 9.6 | 74.0 | 7.6 | ||||
| Details | An English Grammar | Sewell, James Witt | 1865 | 1955 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 12000 | 14000 | 22000 |
73343 (183) |
9.9 | 1.56 | 9.7 | 64.8 | 6.7 | |
| 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 | 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 Devil's Dictionary | Bierce, Ambrose | 1842 | 1914 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
58601 (146) |
13.9 | 1.62 | 11.9 | 55.3 | 9.0 | |
| Details | Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. | Fairham, William | 3000 | 6000 | 11000 | 13000 | 13000 | 20000 |
35294 (88) |
14.4 | 1.49 | 9.9 | 66.1 | 7.6 | |||
| Details | Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 | Welsh, Peter C. | 3000 | 5000 | 9000 | 13000 | 14000 | 21000 |
11740 (29) |
15.1 | 1.77 | 14.4 | 41.3 | 11.3 | |||
| Details | Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) | -Goudiss, Alberta M. (Alberta Moorhouse) | 1876 | 4000 | 6000 | 11000 | 13000 | 18000 | 20000 |
27844 (69) |
15.4 | 1.53 | 10.8 | 61.4 | 8.5 | ||
| 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 | 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 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 Masque of the Red Death | Poe, Edgar Allan | 1809 | 1849 | 4000 | 7000 | 10000 | 13000 | 14000 | 18000 |
2384 (5) |
23.6 | 1.48 | 14.1 | 57.9 | 11.1 | |
| Details | The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Din | Ziemann, Hugo | 1828 | 1926 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 13000 | 16000 | 21000 |
219613 (549) |
15.7 | 1.43 | 9.1 | 69.6 | 7.5 | |
| Details | Autobiography of a Yogi | Yogananda, Paramahansa | 1893 | 1952 | 3000 | 6000 | 9000 | 13000 | 16000 | 22000 |
153564 (383) |
15.3 | 1.66 | 12.6 | 50.5 | 10.0 | |
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.