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Reader, I Married Him

Philip Hensher

Amelia Lowdell

Jenny Thompson

Reader, I Married Him: Reader, I Had a Better Idea

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20/03/2016

Reader, I Had a Better Idea

BBC Radio 4 - Reader, I Married Him, Reader, I Had a Better Idea

Amelia Lowdell reads Philip Hensher's take on the ending to Jane Eyre.

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...

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Series of stories celebrating the bicentenary of Charlotte Bronte's birth.

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