去年发布了英文原著生词难度测量,以GRE和托福考试词汇的多少来描述其生词难度,是国内首次比较客观的测量。
总词数/全部不重复词数/首万词不重复词数
HolyBible
837110
Who moved my cheese?
10886
The Chronicles of Narnia 2-The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe
37702
The Catcher in the rye
73711
The Chronicles of Narnia 1-The Magician'sNephew
41791
The Old Man And The Sea
26988
The Chronicles of Narnia 7-The last battle
43871
Little Prince
17161
The Chronicles of Narnia 5-The silver chair
53145
The Chronicles of Narnia 3-Prince Caspian
48743
Pride and prejudice
118307
Daughter of Deceit
124575
The Odyssey
117260
Lord of the rings 2-The Two Towers
154450
Robinson Crusoe
122124
The Chronicles of Narnia 6-The horse and hisboy
51988
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
57380
La Dame aux Camilias
66561
Harry Potter 1-Harry Potter and the Philosopher'sStone
78760
The Count of Monte Cristo
464536
The Chronicles of Narnia 4-The Voyage of the DawnTreader
45522
The moonstone
197946
Hearts in Atlantis
187275
The power of now
63413
David Copperfield
359101
Lord of the rings 0-The Hobbit
95692
Crime and Punishment
203189
War And Peace
564614
Twilight 2 -New moon
135351
Norwegian Wood
121121
Shawshank Redemption
40519
Harry Potter 4-Harry Potter and the Goblet ofFire
196151
Harry Potter 2-Harry Potter and the Chamber ofSecrets
86870
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
100160
Harry Potter 6-Harry Potter and the Half-BloodPrince
173411
Twilight 3 -Eclipse
157349
Twilight 1
119531
Winning
96048
Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
105510
Lady Chatterley's lover
117211
Harry Potter 3-Harry Potter and the Prisoner ofAzkaban
106734
Howards End
109860
Harry Potter 5-Harry Potter and the Order of thePhoenix
262579
Twilight 4 -Breaking Dawn
178140
The Godfather
172190
Death on the Nile
79452
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
112901
The Bridges of Madison County
36675
Gone with the wind
423697
The three musketeers
229523
The red and theblack
152930
Sister Carrie
157924
The Decameron
307538
The adventures of Tom Sawyer
71656
Sons and lovers
161056
The final diagnosis
116519
A tale of two cities
136759
The Hunt for Red October
163434
The Game
149451
Vanity Fair
309652
One Hundred Years of Solitude
143272
Harry Potter 7-Harry Potter and the DeathlyHallows