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Reader, I Freed Him
Isy Suttie introduces us to a Jane Eyre contending with an unwelcome blast from the past.
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'.
Philip Hensher sends Jane into the capitalist clamour of nineteenth-century Manchester, Isy Suttie has her do battle with the ghost of Bertha and Elizabeth Kuti introduces an extra gothic twist with the appearance of another famous Victorian novelist...
Writer ..... Isy Suttie
Reader ..... Isy Suttie
Producer ..... Jenny Thompson.
Last on
Sun 13 Mar 201619:45
BBC Radio 4
