Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre
Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre, edited by Tracy Chevalier, 2016
Short story beginning:
To Hold by Joanna Briscoe, page 55
Memes: The Friday 56. Grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56% of your eReader. Find any sentence that grabs you. Post it, and add your URL post in Linky at Freda's Voice. Also visit Book Beginning at Rose City Reader.
Short story beginning:
To Hold by Joanna Briscoe, page 55
Reader, I married him because I had to.
You see, we did in those days. There was no glimmer of a choice.
My hand in marriage was requested by the boy with the triangular Adam's apple and a shuffling thirst for a girl. He was the lad who worked for his parents' motor garage on a yard beyond the village, and I hadn't expected his offer after a lifetime of nods, three conversations, one dance and no kiss with him. But he knocked on our door and asked my father, who postponed his answer, crimson-necked. Using half an excuse, he told Dougie Spreckley to wait.Twenty-one writers have contributed to this short story collection, with the same theme based on the Jane Eyre novel. I have read several and am slowly enjoying the rest!
Memes: The Friday 56. Grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56% of your eReader. Find any sentence that grabs you. Post it, and add your URL post in Linky at Freda's Voice. Also visit Book Beginning at Rose City Reader.
AAAH!! I'll have to look into this one! I am currently listening to Jane Eyre on audio and I already purchased Jane Steele. Love the story. Great selection. Hope you will have a great weekend. Here's my Friday Meets: http://marelithalkink.blogspot.co.za/2016/08/friday-meets-26-august-2016.html
ReplyDeleteDidn't know about Jane Steele's satire on the book. Hope you enjoy it.
DeleteI enjoy this type of book, primarily so I can feel grateful not to have been born in that era, when marriage was the only option.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, and here's mine: “THE GIRLS OF AUGUST”
Amazing how little income, from the 21st century perspective, people lived on in those days.
DeleteSounds like a great collection! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty good, Fredamans.
DeleteI recently read a retelling of Jane Eyre and I enjoyed it. Normally short stories do not hold my interest so I will think about this one. Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteI like short stories because I can read one at a time, at my leisure.
DeleteHarvee,
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a fun, Jane Eyre inspired collection! Take your time and savor the stories.
Reading one at a time, Suko, in between full length books!
DeleteOoh. Color me intrigued. I love Jane Eyre and collections!
ReplyDeleteMY Friday 56 from Alpha Unleashed
I haven't read any Jane Eyre spinoff novels.
DeleteSounds fascinating! Although, I confess that my fist word association with the title was not Jane Eyre, it was So I Married an Ax Murderer. Oh well, I'm having a low brow weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the beginning on BBOF!
Ha, ha, Gilion!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so cool - I might have to keep my eyes open for this one!
ReplyDeleteCheck out my Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings).