Jane Eyre vs Wuthering Heights: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Country homes, Drama, Romance, Fiction
Jane Eyre
The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends…
1 film adaptation
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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
- Readers rate Jane Eyre highest: Jane Eyre 4.2 · Wuthering Heights 3.9.
- Wuthering Heights is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 8 for Jane Eyre.
- Jane Eyre has the widest readership — 2404942 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Jane Eyre | Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (2404942) | 3.9 (2281673) |
| Google Books | 4.5 (152) | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (3488) | 4.0 (5966) |
Reception
| Jane Eyre | Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2404942 | 2281673 |
| Editions | 1170 | 2887 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 1742045 | 1742187 |
| Reading it now | 99285 | 184443 |
| Written reviews | 87752 | 125002 |
| Wikipedia attention | 58205 | 139844 |
| Pages | 468 | 356 |