- Helen Dunmore

Grace Poole Her Testimony: A Short Story from the collection, Reader, I Married Him

By Helen Dunmore

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

In ‘Grace Poole Her Testimony’, Grace Poole defends Bertha Mason and calls the general opinion of Jane Eyre into question.

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.

Author: Helen Dunmore
Format: ebook
Release Date: 21 Apr 2016
Pages: None
ISBN: 978-0-00-817333-3
Helen Dunmore was the first winner of the Orange Prizeand is also an acclaimed children’s author and poet. Hernovel, The Lie, was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize forHistorical Fiction and the 2015 RSL Ondaatje Prize. HelenDunmore’s fiction and poetry is translated into more thanthirty languages and she is a Fellow of the Royal Societyof Literature. Her latest novel is Exposure, published byRandom House UK and Grove. She loves the many layersof Jane Eyre’s character: her fiery intelligence, her battlingspirit as she takes on a world which tries to crush her, herwit and audacity. But Jane Eyre is stealthy too, and that iswhat drives Helen’s story.

Praise for the full collection, READER, I MARRIED HIM: -

”'Dazzling” - DAILY MAIL

”'The success of this book owes much to [Chevalier’s] enthusiasm … it’s quite amazing to see the quality of work on show” - EVENING STANDARD

”'A terrific set of stories by some of our leading novelists, each of whom engages with a chosen aspect of Jane Eyre” - THE NEW STATESMAN

”'A clever idea well-executed; a treat for fans of short fiction and for Brontë's many ardent fans” - KIRKUS REVIEWS

”'Exemplary…written by some of today's best female writers” - THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

”'These pieces create a beguiling picture of women and men and desire, in which everyone is searching, like Jane, for happiness and wondering whether marriage is really an answer. The book acts as a prism spreading all kinds of literary and historical refractions, and it’s a reminder that Charlotte Brontë, too, has many sides” - GLOBE AND MAIL