"Reader, I married him".

[ChinBristles]

I hate this and variations thereof! You are not Jane Austen.
I see it too often on here and in certain tabloids which we all read even if we don't admit it.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen did not write "Reader, I married him."

Good one!

Brilliant

I've seen that and variations on here and I love it.
I don't love it from a professional journalist/writer though. Try harder!

It's a deliberate reference to the book it's not trying to be really clever. It's like people who throw famous movie quotes into conversation. Does that annoy you as well?

I love this quotation. For me it’s about the fact that Jane Eyre has attained independence, financial security and confidence. She loves Mr Rochester but the sentence, “ I married him” conveys her refusal to be passive. It’s a feminist statement. She marries him, not the other way round.

And to a PP, ‘Wuthering Heights’ is not as good!

(Runs and hides)

I hate this too @ChinBristles As a pp said, when someone says this, they think they sound oh-so-clever and articulate! It makes me cringe!

Totally agree! I love Agnes Gray and Wuthering Heights too, but Jane Eyre is still one of my favourite books.

Better than it was all a dream. I hate that and I hate that Dallas ended before I was old enough to watch it.

I don't mind "Reader, I married him", but the expression that makes my teeth itch is, "other * are available" as a humorous aside after everything. Chatting about the ice cream you bought at Tesco? Other supermarkets are available! Reminiscing about your holiday in Portugal? Other resorts are available! Discussing the headlines on Al Jazeera last night? Other news stations are available! ENOUGH ALREADY! PLEASE STOP!

I find it a bit twee/ smug for some reason when people use it.

As an aside, I love Stephen King's "Constant Reader", but that's just him writing it, not people trotting it out online.

Constant Reader was Dorothy Parker long before Stephen King...

I like it in Jane Eyre.

It's irritating otherwise.

Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are both good. Does it need to be a competition?

It's sooooooo smug. Like you are something special because you snagged a.man and want to show off about it.

Why is it different from any other literary quote? I like it when it's used sarcastically.

"I once went on a date with a lad who projectile vomited all over my new mulberry handbag.

Reader, I married him."

It’s not a feminist statement, nor is it romantic. She married a man who locked his forest wife in the attic, hired her to teach his bastard child, and who tried to commit bigamy!

Forest? First!

Brilliant! 😂

😆

It is a truth universally acknowledged that good lines get done to death.

I totally agree that it’s smug and trying too hard to be clever.

'It was the best of lines, it was the worst of lines...'

Name that quote - it is A tale of two cities! Do I get a prize?
Try this one - Call me Ishmael.

I expect with that off her chest it is a far, far better rest that the OP has gone to than she has ever known. And she'll be less grumpy now because after all, tomorrow is another day.

It's nauseating.