Reader, I Married Him

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This collection is stormy, romantic, strong the Full Bront The Times

A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bront, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre.
The twenty-one stories in Reader, I Married Him one of the most celebrated lines in fiction are inspired by Jane Eyre and shaped by its perennially fascinating themes of love, compromise and self-determination.

A bohemian wedding party takes an unexpected turn for the bride and her daughter; a family trip to a Texan waterpark prompts a life-changing decision; Grace Poole defends Bertha Mason and calls the general opinion of Jane Eyre into question. Mr Rochester reveals a long-kept secret in Reader, She Married Me, and The Mirror boldly imagines Janes married life after the novel ends. A new mother encounters an old lover after her daily swim and inexplicably lies to him, and a fitness instructor teaches teenage boys how to handle a pit bull terrier by telling them Jane Eyres story.

Edited by Tracy Chevalier, this collection brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Bronts game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.

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Dazzling DAILY MAIL

The success of this book owes much to [Chevaliers] enthusiasm its quite amazing to see the quality of work on show EVENING STANDARD

These stories will enrich and complicate future readings of Jane Eyre, as the best fan fiction should If Bront was going to drop in on any of the celebrations for her bicentenary, I cant help but think she would get a kick out of this collection GUARDIAN

A terrific set of stories by some of our leading novelists, each of whom engages with a chosen aspect of Jane Eyre THE NEW STATESMAN

This collection is stormy, romantic, strong the Full Bront The Times

A clever idea well-executed; a treat for fans of short fiction and for Bront's many ardent fans KIRKUS REVIEWS

Exemplarywritten by some of today's best female writers THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Absorbing and entertaining, READER, I MARRIED HIM is an inventive and a satisfying tribute to a great novel Book Reporter

These pieces create a beguiling picture of women and men and desire, in which everyone is searching, like Jane, for happiness and wondering whether marriage is really an answer. The book acts as a prism spreading all kinds of literary and historical refractions, and its a reminder that Charlotte Bront, too, has many sides GLOBE AND MAIL

Author Bio

Tracy Chevalier is the author of ten novels, including At the Edge of the Orchard, Remarkable Creatures and Girl with a Pearl Earring, an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and won the Barnes and Noble Discover Award. Born in Washington DC, in 1984 she moved to London, where she lives with her husband and son.