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Reader, I Had a Better Idea

Philip Hensher provides an alternative ending to Jane Eyre. Amelia Lowdell reads.

To celebrate the bicentenary of Charlotte Bronte's birth three writers provide their own take on the famous ending to Jane Eyre, 'Reader, I Married Him'.

Isy Suttie has Jane do battle with the ghost of Bertha, Philip Hensher sends her into the capitalist clamour of nineteenth-century Manchester and Elizabeth Kuti introduces an extra gothic twist with the appearance of another famous Victorian novelist...

15 minutes

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Sun 20 Mar 2016 19:45
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Credits

Writer Philip Hensher
Reader Amelia Lowdell
Producer Jenny Thompson

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  • Sun 20 Mar 2016 19:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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