Pride and Prejudice vs Wuthering Heights: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: British and irish fiction, Drama, Historical Fiction, Romance, Fiction
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.”
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…
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 Pride and Prejudice highest: Pride and Prejudice 4.3 · Wuthering Heights 3.9.
- Pride and Prejudice has the widest readership — 4989220 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Pride and Prejudice | Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (4989220) | 3.9 (2281673) |
| Hardcover | 4.2 (3205) | — |
| Google Books | 4.5 (9) | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (30521) | 4.0 (5966) |
Reception
| Pride and Prejudice | Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4989220 | 2281673 |
| Editions | 4039 | 2887 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 2911553 | 1742187 |
| Reading it now | 259375 | 184443 |
| Written reviews | 158595 | 125002 |
| Wikipedia attention | 99265 | 139844 |
| Pages | 320 | 356 |