Why people recommend it
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a classic comedic novel that examines themes of class, marriage, reputation, and love through the sharp wit of its protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet. On Honestly with Bari Weiss, Shilo Brooks recommended the novel as a quintessential literary exploration of love and human relationships. Colm Toibin similarly named Austen's work as a personal favorite and a comforting read on The Book Review, where John Williams also highlighted a reader's praise for the romance. Gilbert Cruz promoted a new audiobook recording of the classic featuring Rosamund Pike on the same podcast, while Alexandra Alter admitted it was her obvious favorite Austen selection. Magnus Walker mentioned a different piece of media on The Joe Rogan Experience, drawing parallels to British humor. Later, Zadie Smith appeared on The Ezra Klein Show, where she referenced using Austen's novel in her teaching to demonstrate how classic literature can be explored without contemporary ideological battles. Throughout these podcast discussions, commentators continually returned to the novel as a pinnacle of English literature, praising its enduring social commentary, memorable characters, and timeless exploration of romance.
Who recommended it
- Gilbert Cruz Recommended
- Colm Toibin Recommended
- Mary Harrington Discussed
- Shilo Brooks Recommended
- Zadie Smith Discussed
- John Williams Recommended
- Rosamund Pike Discussed
- Alexandra Alter Discussed
- Megyn Kelly Discussed
- Robin Dunbar Discussed
- Christina Hoff Summers Discussed
- Magnus Walker Recommended
Gilbert Cruz — 3 mentions
Discussed
“what's it like reading Pride and Prejudice in its entirety aloud rosemund Pike will join us to talk about her experience recording a new audio edition of the Jane Austin classic”
Discussed
“you've recorded Pride and Prejudice the audio book version coming out this week how did you get involved in the project”
Recommended
“if you want to hear Rosman Pike channeling Donald Sutherland as Mr Bennett we can listen to uh to the audio version that you've just recorded of Pride and Prejudice”
Colm Toibin — 2 mentions
Discussed
“if it was a sequel to Pride and Prejudice where Mr Darcy turned out to be a complete monster”
Recommended
“Pride and Prejudice like everybody else right”
Mary Harrington — 2 mentions
Discussed
“you know i mean the relationship between elizabeth bennett and mr darcy in pride and prejudice is it kind of sets the bar for what one of the what a relationship like that should look like and what it's in women's interests to pursue under those circumstances”
Discussed
“you know I mean the relationship between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice is it kind of sets the bar for what one of the what a relationship like that should look like”
Shilo Brooks — 1 mention
Recommended
“Whether you do that through Jane Austen and a book like Emma or Pride and Prejudice, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Plato's Symposium books on love...”
Zadie Smith — 1 mention
Discussed
“so like if I'm teaching Pride and Prejudice this is not a battle between woke thought and unwoke thought”
John Williams — 1 mention
Recommended
“um Sierra Dean listed Pride and Prejudice saying now then forever”
Rosamund Pike — 1 mention
Discussed
“but encountering Pride and Prejudice again this way obviously I did the film and but doing it this way I mean I just marveled really at at the Brilliance of it it's so good it's such a good book”
Alexandra Alter — 1 mention
Discussed
“what's your favorite I have to go with Pride and Prejudice I know it's an obvious one”
Megyn Kelly — 1 mention
Discussed
“but I I I've heard people raise this criticism and I know you have thick skin he says Vivek um he's not really running for president he hasn't really given up his job he's transitioned into another one he's not really thinking about what it means to be an American he's building a ginormous mailing list he's not really selling”
Robin Dunbar — 1 mention
Discussed
“In other words you know everybody wants to uh marry mr darcy but unfortunately there's only one of him and 500 of you so as uh you know what do the rest of you do as uh jane austen with her acute observation of the foibles of humans uh observes is you hang on”
Christina Hoff Summers — 1 mention
Discussed
“I do prefer you know Pride and Prejudice or you know the latest PBS uh um down Abby that sort of thing”
Magnus Walker — 1 mention
Recommended
“So there was a uh there was a movie I saw recently called Pride you know you like English sort of humor black humor movies um and it's going to sound weird it's like full Monte on steroids it's it's called Pride should look it up up”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- 1984
- About Alice
- Amusing Ourselves to Death
- Anna Karenina
- Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe
- As Time Goes By
Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“I think I brought Pride and Prejudice cuz it had been a very long time since. So, those were the four books I brought.”
Passing
“Jane Austin, love phonetics, pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility.”
Passing
“and when her death adversary um passes is there a mournful tone as opposed to the anniversary of Pride Prejudice for example”
Passing
“often we tend to date from the 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice”
Passing
“if I were to go to a desert island I would probably take persuasion with me but I would spend much of my time on the island lamenting the I had not also been able to bring Pride and Prejudice in Emma”
Passing
“so you can get a Marvel Comic version of Pride and preus”
Passing
“so I think I would recommend eligible by Curtis sienfeld it is a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in the suburbs of Cincinnati”
Passing
“Curtis sittenfeld uh novel eligible which is her modern day Riff on Pride and Prejudice she she takes the Pride and Prejudice story”
Passing
“um but Pride and Prejudice is kind of the big Jane Austin book”
Passing
“but not unless they're talking about Pride and Prejudice which I do actually like to talk about and watch and read a lot”
Passing
“everybody wants to marry Mr Darcy they've got a picture of who the perfect uh um her partner is going to be and then they just go for it”
Passing
“If I remember correctly though this came at a time just a guy that wrote the book that this movie was made from wrote Fred and pride for a present Pride and Prejudice and Zombies where he rewrote pride and prep excuse me pride and bowels but added a zombie-like plot throughout it so he just say he mashed up”