It’s a Man’s Life, Ladies

A short story by Jane Gardam from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.
In ‘It’s a Man’s Life, Ladies’, a young woman tells the story of her grandmother’s memories of married life.
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.