The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 vs Paul Clifford — Complete
Both counted from their full texts, the same way, on the same day.
16words between them — 0 min of it
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 is longer — 180,862 words against 180,846 for Paul Clifford — Complete, a difference of 16 words or about 0 min of extra reading. Paul Clifford — Complete is the harder read, at grade 12.2 against 9.6.
SOURCE·Project Gutenberg full texts·both editions counted the same way·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Side by side
| The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 | Paul Clifford — Complete | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | Various | Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron |
| Words | 180,862 | 180,846 |
| Reading time at 250 wpm | 12h 03m | 12h 03m |
| Unique words | 12,424 | 14,759 |
| Sentences | 8,977 | 6,427 |
| Average sentence length | 20.1 words | 28.1 words |
| Reading grade | 9.6 | 12.2 |
| Reading ease | 61.8 | 57.4 |
| Long words | 12.4% | 10.2% |
Highlighted cells are the larger figure — except reading ease, where higher means easier.
SOURCE·Project Gutenberg full texts·both editions, same counting rule·REVIEWED JUL 2026
How this is worked out
- Both texts are counted the same way, from the same source, with Gutenberg's header and licence footer struck first.
- The gap is stated in words and then in time at 250 words a minute — the rate is printed because a duration without one cannot be checked.
- Difficulty is compared on Flesch–Kincaid grade, which reads sentence and word length only. It cannot see irony or dialect, so treat it as a measure of surface, not of effort.
gap = |180,862 − 180,846| = 16 words 16 ÷ 250 wpm = 0 min of extra reading
The second question
Which is longer, The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 or Paul Clifford — Complete?
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 is longer — 180,862 words against 180,846 for Paul Clifford — Complete, a difference of 16 words or about 0 min of extra reading. Paul Clifford — Complete is the harder read, at grade 12.2 against 9.6.
Colophon
Both figures computed from Project Gutenberg plain-text editions — ebook no. 21093 and no. 7735 — and from no other source. Neither book’s text is set on this site.
SOURCE·Project Gutenberg full texts·US public domain·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Word counts and reading levels are computed from a specific public-domain edition and will differ from other editions and from other counting methods — see the method page.
