![]() ![]() Although the title of Chevalier’s anthology is that famous line, her fellow writers take their themes, plots, and characters from many different aspects of the iconic novel. Tracy Chevalier, the author of nine novels (including Girl with a Pearl Earring and Burning Bright), loves Brontë’s Jane Eyre so much that she decided to pay it homage by putting together an anthology of short stories inspired by Brontë and her characters. The once-homeless Jane takes on the role of caregiver rather than grand chatelaine.Īpril 2016 marks the bicentennial of Charlotte Brontë’s birth. Rochester, who has seen his first wife fall to her death from the roof of their burning house and has himself wound up blind, is a shadow of his former imperious self. Rochester, it may be a happy ending for Charlotte Brontë’s novel, but it’s hardly a conventional one. “Reader, I married him” is one of the most famous lines in English literature, and justifiably so: When Jane Eyre tells us that she has wed Mr. ![]() ![]() Tracy Chevalier will host an evening honoring Charlotte Bronte’s 200th birthday with a reading from Jane Eyre and a new collection inspired by Bronte’s most beloved line at Symphony Space on March 16th, featuring appearances by Audrey Niffenegger and Namwali Serpell. ![]()
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