Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.2
Points
15.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
83286
Points per Word
0.00018
Page Count
288
Points per Page
0.052083
Series
Modern Library Classics
Description
Originally published in 1893, this is a collection of stories exploring the underside of urban life and portrays the ways in which the rise of the metropolis altered not just the human environment but human nature itself. The text contains profanity.