Reader, I Married Him

2016 short story collection edited by Tracy Chevalier

978-0008150570

Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre is a 2016 anthology of short stories, edited by Tracy Chevalier, inspired by the line "Reader, I married him" from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, at the beginning of Chapter 38.[1] It was commissioned to mark the 200th anniversary of the author's birth, and is published by The Borough Press, an imprint of HarperCollins.[2][3][4][5][6]

Authors

The authors of the stories are all women:[3]

  • Joanna Briscoe
  • Tracy Chevalier
  • Emma Donoghue
  • Helen Dunmore
  • Esther Freud
  • Jane Gardam
  • Linda Grant
  • Kirsty Gunn
  • Tessa Hadley
  • Sarah Hall
  • Susan Hill
  • Elizabeth McCracken
  • Nadifa Mohamed
  • Audrey Niffenegger
  • Patricia Park
  • Francine Prose
  • Namwali Serpell
  • Elif Shafak
  • Lionel Shriver
  • Salley Vickers
  • Evie Wyld

References

  1. ^ Jane Eyre is written as if Jane Eyre was a real character writing an autobiography about her life, that's why she speaks directly to the reader in this sentence.
  2. ^ "Brontë-inspired short stories to Borough". The Bookseller. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Reader, I Married Him". Harper Collins (US). Retrieved 31 March 2016. Includes full list of authors
  4. ^ "Reader, I Married Him". Harper Collins (UK). Retrieved 31 March 2016. Shows UK cover
  5. ^ Hill, Susan (12 March 2016). "Why I will never read Jane Eyre". The Spectator. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Reader I Married Him". Bronte Parsonage Museum and Shop. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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