Reader, I Married Him
 Cover of 2016 UK hardback | |
| Editor | Tracy Chevalier |
|---|---|
| Genre | Short story collection |
| Publisher | The Borough Press |
Publication date | 2016 |
| ISBN | 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Brontë-inspired short stories to Borough". The Bookseller. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Reader, I Married Him". Harper Collins (US). Retrieved 31 March 2016. Includes full list of authors
- ^ "Reader, I Married Him". Harper Collins (UK). Retrieved 31 March 2016. Shows UK cover
- ^ Hill, Susan (12 March 2016). "Why I will never read Jane Eyre". The Spectator. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Reader I Married Him". Bronte Parsonage Museum and Shop. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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