Reader, I Married Him Explained

Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre
Genre:	Short story collection
Pub 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

The authors of the stories are all women:

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. News: Brontë-inspired short stories to Borough. 31 March 2016. The Bookseller. 21 April 2015.
3. Web site: Reader, I Married Him . Harper Collins (US). 31 March 2016. Includes full list of authors
4. Web site: Reader, I Married Him. Harper Collins (UK). 31 March 2016. Shows UK cover
5. News: Hill. Susan. Why I will never read Jane Eyre. 31 March 2016. The Spectator. 12 March 2016.
6. Web site: Reader I Married Him. Bronte Parsonage Museum and Shop. 31 March 2016.