Jane Eyre helping with closets

The versatility of Jane Eyre never stops amazing us. Read this article published in The Observer about the first gay weddings in the UK.

Lovers in law
We know about Elton and David, but what about Ben and Dick, Mark and Shaun, Karen and Joanne? This is the story of how 'Pink Wednesday' validated the love of three gay couples
Louise France
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At 2pm on 21 December, the registrar, Debra Reynolds, stood in front of a smattering of guests, including Joanne's father Ron, wielding his video recorder, in the Pavilion's red drawing room: 'Before we progress, if any person here knows of a lawful reason why Karen and Joanne should not enter into a civil partnership, declare it now. (...)
Before they swapped rings they read from Jane Eyre. It's a passage written from the point of view of Jane about her beloved Mr Rochester - 'To be together is for us to be at once as free as in solitude, as gay as in company' - but neatly served as a reminder of how language, as well as attitudes, has changed over the last 150 years.

Indeed ! I rather think that Charlotte never thought that Jane Eyre was to be read in a ... wedding :P.

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