Reader, I married him : stories inspired by Jane Eyre
Summary
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 opening line in Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, Jane Eyre. A fixture in the literary can... Full description
- Foreword by Tracy Chevalier
- My mother's wedding / Tessa Hadley
- Luxury hour / Sarah Hall
- Grace Poole her testimony / Helen Dunmore
- Dangerous dog / Kirsty Gunn
- To hold / Joanna Briscoe
- It's a man's life, ladies / Jane Gardam
- Since first I saw your face / Emma Donoghue
- Reader, I married him / Susan Hill
- The mirror / Francine Prose
- A migrating bird / Elif Shafak
- Behind the mountain / Evie Wyld
- The China from Buenos Aires / Patricia Park
- Reader, she married me / Salley Vickers
- Dorset gap / Tracy Chevalier
- Party girl / Nadifa Mohamed
- Transference / Esther Freud
- The mash-up / Linda Grant
- The self-seeding sycamore / Lionel Shriver
- The orphan exchange / Audrey Niffenegger
- Double men / Namwali Serpell
- Robinson Crusoe at the waterpark / Elizabeth McCracken
- Notes on the contributors
- A note on Charlotte Brontë.