Emma vs Wuthering Heights: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, Historical Fiction, Classic Literature, Romance, Fiction
Emma
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of…
1 film adaptation
vs
Wuthering Heights
“1801.-I have just returned from a visit to my landlord-the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.”
Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons,…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Wuthering Heights is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for Emma.
- Wuthering Heights has the widest readership — 2281673 ratings behind its score.
- Wuthering Heights runs the darker storyline; Emma stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Emma | Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (1019390) | 3.9 (2281673) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (851) | — |
| Google Books | 4.5 (7) | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (4089) | 4.0 (5966) |
| LiveLib | 3.4 (4) | — |
Reception
| Emma | Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1019390 | 2281673 |
| Editions | 2263 | 2887 |
| Citations | 73 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1014805 | 1742187 |
| Reading it now | 66765 | 184443 |
| Written reviews | 46241 | 125002 |
| Wikipedia attention | 28127 | 139844 |
| Pages | 536 | 356 |