This collection of original stories by today's finest women
writers--including Tracy Chevalier, Francine Prose, Elizabeth McCracken,
Tessa Hadley, Audrey Niffenegger, and more--takes inspiration from the
famous line in Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, Jane Eyre.
A fixture in the literary canon, Charlotte Brontë is revered by readers
all over the world. Her novels featuring unforgettable, strong heroines
still resonate with millions today. And who could forget one of
literature's best-known lines: "Reader, I married him" from her classic
novel Jane Eyre?
Part of a remarkable family that produced three acclaimed female writers
at a time in 19th-century Britain when few women wrote, and
fewer were published, Brontë has become a great source of inspiration to
writers, especially women, ever since. Now in Reader, I Married Him,
twenty of today's most celebrated women authors have spun original
stories, using the famous line from Jane Eyre as a springboard for
their own flights of imagination.
Reader, I Married Him will feature stories by:
Tracy Chevalier
Tessa Hadley
Sarah Hall
Helen Dunmore
Kirsty Gunn
Joanna Briscoe
Jane Gardam
Emma Donoghue
Susan Hill
Francine Prose
Elif Shafak
Evie Wyld
Patricia Park
Salley Vickers
Nadifa Mohamed
Esther Freud
Linda Grant
Lionel Shriver
Audrey Niffenegger
Namwali Serpell
Elizabeth McCracken
Unique, inventive, and poignant, the stories in Reader, I Married Him
pay homage to the literary genius of Charlotte Brontë, and demonstrate
once again that her extraordinary vision continues to inspire readers
and writers.
