Is Anne of Green Gables hard to read? Its reading level from A1 to C2
How many words in every 100 you will probably not know, at each level from A1 to C2. Estimated over the whole book with Solaread’s own word-difficulty model.
- Author
- L. M. Montgomery
- First published
- 1908
- Length
- About 97,000 words
- Copyright
- Public domain
Short answer
Just right from C1: 4.9 new words in every 100. At B1 it is a little hard, 9.5 in 100. It is the eighth easiest of the 20 English classics we measured.
New words per 100, by level
Estimated over all 96,957 running words. Character names are left out. The labels follow Solaread’s difficulty scale: Easy means knowing 98 of every 100 words, Just right 95, A little hard 90, and below that Too hard.
Anne of Green Gables vocabulary by level
At A2
- suppose105×
- cry83×
- imagination61×
- sit126×
- herself91×
- dress85×
- eye159×
- tear51×
- splendid46×
- imagine109×
- afternoon67×
- laugh59×
The 12 words an A2 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 4% of the new words at this level.
At B1
- splendid46×
- orchard39×
- gable36×
- brooch34×
- brook39×
- thrill34×
- picnic36×
- sigh42×
- orphan30×
- haunt29×
- fir28×
- whisper30×
The 12 words a B1 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 4% of the new words at this level.
At B2
- gable36×
- brooch34×
- orchard39×
- recite26×
- fir28×
- exclaim20×
- puffed19×
- clasp20×
- haunt29×
- orphan30×
- anyhow25×
- splendid46×
The 12 words a B2 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 4% of the new words at this level.
The opening lines
Mrs. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies’ eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde’s Hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde’s door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks…
Open the free EPUB in Solaread and the words it marks follow your own level, with glosses in the language you choose.
Books with a similar level
- The Picture of Dorian Gray9.6 new words per 100 at B1
- Treasure Island9.7 at B1
- The Great Gatsby9.7 at B1
Questions
Is Anne of Green Gables hard to read?
At B1 it is a little hard, with 9.5 new words in every 100 (about one in 11). It is just right from C1.
What is the reading level of Anne of Green Gables?
On Solaread’s scale it is just right from C1, and the eighth easiest of the 20 English classics we measured. At B2, 6.1 in every 100 words are new.
Where can I get Anne of Green Gables for free?
It is in the public domain. Project Gutenberg has a free EPUB you can import into Solaread.
Read it with help only where you need it
Import the free EPUB. Solaread marks the words you probably don’t know, at your level.