Reader, I Married Him: A Short Story from the collection, Reader, I Married Him

By Susan Hill

A short story by Susan Hill from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.

In ‘Reader, I Married Him’, an American socialite reflects on her rise through England’s social circles, and a whirlwind romance.

Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë’s game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Apr 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9780008173395

Susan Hill

Susan Hill is a writer and Bible teacher with an MA in theology and a BS in journalism. She and her husband, John, live in Nashville, Tennessee, with two unruly goldendoodles. 

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Reader, I Married Him

Susan Hill

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A short story from the collection

Reader,

I Married Him:

Stories inspired

by

Jane Eyre

edited by

Tracy Chevalier

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Published by The Borough Press

An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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London SE1 9GF

www.harpercollins.co.uk

First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

Foreword © Tracy Chevalier 2016

Reader, I Married Him © Susan Hill 2016

The moral rights of the authors have been asserted

Cover design by Heike Schüssler © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2016

Jacket photograph © Dan Saelinger/Trunk Archive

A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

This story is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical events and figures, are the works of the authors’ imaginations.

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