Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre

ISBN: 0062447092

Author: Chevalier, Tracy

Condition: New

This collection of original stories by todays finest women writers-including Tracy Chevalier, Francine Prose, Elizabeth McCracken, Tessa Hadley, Audrey Niffenegger, and more-takes inspiration from the famous line in Charlotte Bronts most beloved novel, Jane Eyre.A fixture in the literary canon, Charlotte Bront 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 literatures 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, Bront has become a great source of inspiration to writers, especially women, ever since. Now in Reader, I Married Him, twenty of todays 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 ChevalierTessa HadleySarah HallHelen DunmoreKirsty GunnJoanna BriscoeJane GardamEmma DonoghueSusan HillFrancine ProseElif ShafakEvie Wyld