A Series Of (Un)Fortunate Reviews

I mentioned this short story collection in my previous review of Fall of Poppies .   Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre  is edited by Tracy Chevalier and features stories written by many of today's popular authors, such as Audrey Niffenegger, Francine Prose, Emma Donoghue, and others.  All of the stories are inspired by the British classic Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, specifically by one of the most famous lines in English literature: "reader, I married him."  While most of the authors have read Jane Eyre , at least one or two had never read the novel before penning the short story for this collection, which I thought was interesting. I have also never read Jane Eyre ; however, I have seen the 2011 adaptation that starred Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender (you know, because British period drama).  I'm not as familiar with the story as I am with Jane Austen's novels (via the film adaptations; we all know I'm a Jane Austen fan), but ...