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Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre Paperback – March 22, 2016
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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
- Print length304 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWilliam Morrow Paperbacks
- Publication dateMarch 22, 2016
- Dimensions5.31 x 0.68 x 8 inches
- ISBN-100062447092
- ISBN-13978-0062447098
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This collection of original stories by today’s finest woman writers 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 books 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 nineteenth-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 woman authors have spun original stories using Jane Eyre as a springboard.
Reader, I Married Him features stories by:
Tracy Chevalier, Tessa Hadley, 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, Sarah Hall, 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.
About the Author
Tracy Chevalier is the author of the New York Times bestsellers At the Edge of the Orchard and Girl with a Pearl Earring, among others. She lives in London.
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- Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks (March 22, 2016)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0062447092
- ISBN-13 : 978-0062447098
- Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.68 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #983,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,245 in Fantasy Anthologies
- #3,480 in Essays (Books)
- #46,551 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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Tracy is the author of 10 novels, including the international bestseller GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, which has sold over 5 million copies and been made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth. American by birth, British by geography, she lives in London with her husband and son. Her latest novel, A SINGLE THREAD, tells the story of an English woman between the Wars who forges an independent life in Winchester. Tracy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has honorary doctorates from her alma maters Oberlin College and the University of East Anglia. Her website www.tchevalier.com will tell you more about her and her books.
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I have never read a book like this before, each author writes one chapter using this quote from Jane Eyre. This was adorable, written by some of the authors that I didn't know but each chapter was a well written complete story.
This is an excellent way to find other good authors. My favorite chapter was 'The Orphan Exchange' each chapter was very unique, there were 21 authors that wrote a chapter, writing in their own style, using their imagination, talent and their love for writing to entertain us. I was amazed when I found this book. Thanks to all the authors that gave their time to write these chapters. I found each chapter charming, some sad, loving, and unique. I recommend this book to everyone, enjoy.
I think there is room for another volume of these stories, and would like to read it if it is ever published. There is no story dealing with the fortune-telling scene, which would have been an obvious and welcome choice. Also, I did not notice any reference to Jane's time with St. John Rivers and his cousins, which I think was one of the great parts of the novel and would make a natural subject for a story.
I do recommend the book, with only the caveat that a few of the stories are disappointing because they are set in the present time and have only a remote connection, if any, to the novel itself.
One that sticks with me is from the perspective of Grace Poole, and another from the perspective of Mr. Rochester. Maybe I was expecting more like that - taking the known story and exploring it deeper vs. these other love stories that grabbed the phrase "Reader, I married him" or just were general love stories in some way.
The book doesn't try to sell itself as other perspectives of the Jane Eyre saga solely, so it's not like that's solely what I expected and it's not that I am against any love story that isn't Jane Eyre's. I just didn't really enjoy these stories, in particular.
The one where Rochester comes to understand the depth of what he did to his first wife when it is too late to do anything about it was my favorite. A mentally fragile wife whose post partum depression leaves her unable to form a connection with her baby slips into real mental illness when she finds the baby died while in care. Rochester's world weary passive aggressive feeling toward Jane actually seem more in line with my interpretation of him.
There were several stories that had no place with the theme of the book and were badly written filler.
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