Pride and Prejudice
British novelist, 1775–1817.
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel by Jane Austen.
On 9 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Jane Austen
- First published
- 1813
- Length
- 448 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Romance and love stories, Satire, Class and society
Is Pride and Prejudice worth reading?
9 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian) and The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 11 | See the list |
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 3 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 9 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 11 | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 2 | See the list |
| The Great American Read (PBS, 2018) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Pride and Prejudice
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2003), 448 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2003)
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN
- 9780141439518
How critics and readers rate Pride and Prejudice
Readers and critics rate it about equally: it earned 77% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 74% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Pride and Prejudice
If you liked Pride and Prejudice, try Emma, Persuasion or Wuthering Heights.
