Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre Pod Cast ~CJ Jurgens

Of the two stories in the pod cast I liked the first one by Esther Freud the best. Both were interpretations of the quote "Reader, I married him", the most famous quote of the book (Bronte). Esther took Jane and Mr. Rochester's relationship and put it in the modern day. The main character is a girl who has a boyfriend. The boyfriend does not want to get married and has been unfaithful. The girlfriend cannot bring herself to break up with him or even say no to him. She always does what he says and this makes her embarrassed for herself. Because of this she goes and sees a therapist. Eventually she falls in love with the therapist but he already has a wife and children and doesn't quite love her back. She has a dream where they are on a train and there is the visible light of love circling around them. She eventually tells the therapist about this and at first he is cold but then opens up. The girl also tells her struggles to a friend who encourages her to run away with the therapist. Her actual boyfriend gets back from his work trip and tells her he is now ready to marry and will give his whole heart to her but she is in love with somebody else.

I really like this story because I could take the modern characters and compare them to Jane Eyre. The girl is obviously representing Jane at the end of the book. Jane is with St. John, who is the boyfriend in the short story, and St. John pretty much forces Jane to do his wishes. She has no choice and it is very hard for her to say no. She does not like this and hates that she always does what he says to do. Then you have the therapist who is like Mr. Rochester. The whole time Jane is trying to forget about him. She doesn't want to love him anymore but the longer she is without him the more and more Jane wants him. Then when St. John asks her to marry him she realizes her heart has changed and she wants to be with Mr. Rochester. The girl leaves her boyfriend to be with the therapist just like Jane leaves St. John to be with Mr. Rochester.

This pod cast came from the book Reader, I married him. Multiple authors have written stories for the quote. Here is are links to the Huffington Post and another article from the Washington Post for further reading about the book and its stories if you are interested. 
The Huffington Post talks about why she chose to say I married him instead of he married me or we married. It shows Jane took possession of her choice and it was an act of feminism of the time because it showed she did make the choice. It was what she wanted so she did it. It was away of saying my journey has come to an end because I chose to end it. The Washington Post article question and answer session with the author of the book asking her views on Jane Eyre and the meaning of the quote. 

Do you think this is a good modern day representation? What would you change or do different? Is there another way you would have portrayed the quote about Jane marrying Mr. Rochester? Do you like that Bronte decided to have Jane say the quote the way she did? Do you feel it was Jane's choice? Any other thoughts?