Is Peter Pan 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
- J. M. Barrie
- First published
- 1911
- Length
- About 45,300 words
- Copyright
- Public domain
Short answer
Just right from C1: 4.6 new words in every 100. At B1 it is a little hard, 9.1 in 100. It is the seventh easiest of the 20 English classics we measured.
New words per 100, by level
Estimated over all 45,320 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.
Peter Pan vocabulary by level
At A2
- cry182×
- pirate90×
- fly79×
- fairy43×
- slightly56×
- nursery34×
- lagoon33×
- reply35×
- tree56×
- bell35×
- crocodile27×
- twin27×
The 12 words an A2 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 7% of the new words at this level.
At B1
- pirate90×
- lagoon33×
- crocodile27×
- nursery34×
- fairy43×
- mermaid22×
- whisper24×
- kennel19×
- flung16×
- crow18×
- cry182×
- claw15×
The 12 words a B1 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 7% of the new words at this level.
At B2
- lagoon33×
- crocodile27×
- kennel19×
- pirate90×
- mermaid22×
- flung16×
- exclaim13×
- to-night12×
- make-believe11×
- peep13×
- frightfully10×
- whisper24×
The 12 words a B2 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 7% of the new words at this level.
The opening lines
All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!” This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
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
- Pride and Prejudice8.6 new words per 100 at B1
- Anne of Green Gables9.5 at B1
- The Picture of Dorian Gray9.6 at B1
Questions
Is Peter Pan hard to read?
At B1 it is a little hard, with 9.1 new words in every 100 (about one in 11). It is just right from C1.
What is the reading level of Peter Pan?
On Solaread’s scale it is just right from C1, and the seventh easiest of the 20 English classics we measured. At B2, 5.7 in every 100 words are new.
Where can I get Peter Pan 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.