Rent Reader, I Married Him

Synopsis

This collection of original stories by today's finest women 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 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, 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 opening 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.

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