` This collection is stormy, romantic, strong
- the Full Bronte` The Times A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary & 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 & shaped by its perennially fascinating themes of love, compromise & self-determination. A bohemian wedding party takes an unexpected turn for the bride & her daughter; a family trip to a Texan waterpark prompts a life-changing decision; Grace Poole defends Bertha Mason & calls the general opinion of Jane Eyre into question. Mr Rochester reveals a long-kept secret in ” Reader, She Married Me”, & ” The Mirror” boldly imagines Jane`s married life after the novel ends. A new mother encounters an old lover after her daily swim & inexplicably lies to him, & a fitness instructor teaches teenage boys how to handle a pit bull terrier by telling them Jane Eyre`s story. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, this collection brings together some of the finest & most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate & salute the strength & lasting relevance of Charlotte Bronte`s game-changing novel & its beloved narrator.