Great Expectations vs Pride and Prejudice: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, Drama, History, Fiction
Great Expectations
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Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (the book is a bildungsroman; a coming-of-age story). It is Dickens'…
Pride and Prejudice
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
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Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Pride and Prejudice highest: Pride and Prejudice 4.3 · Great Expectations 3.8.
- Pride and Prejudice is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 10 for Great Expectations.
- Pride and Prejudice has the widest readership — 4989220 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Great Expectations | Pride and Prejudice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (892506) | 4.3 (4989220) |
| Hardcover | 3.6 (858) | 4.2 (3205) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (9) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (4858) | 4.5 (30521) |
Reception
| Great Expectations | Pride and Prejudice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 892506 | 4989220 |
| Editions | 1489 | 4039 |
| Citations | 62 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 605 | 2911553 |
| Reading it now | 128 | 259375 |
| Written reviews | 65 | 158595 |
| Wikipedia attention | 43930 | 99265 |
| Pages | 546 | 320 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Great Expectations or Pride and Prejudice?
Pride and Prejudice has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Pride and Prejudice 4.3/5, Great Expectations 3.8/5).
Which is shorter to read: Great Expectations or Pride and Prejudice?
Pride and Prejudice is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Pride and Prejudice (320 pages, ≈ 5 h 56 m); Great Expectations (546 pages, ≈ 10 h 07 m).
Which is harder to read: Great Expectations or Pride and Prejudice?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Great Expectations: Demanding; Pride and Prejudice: Demanding.
Have both books been made into films?
Great Expectations: 5 film adaptations; Pride and Prejudice: 5 film adaptations.