13. Plath married Ted Hughes on a day of literary significance and the pair even enjoyed a happy honeymoon in Europe
Plath and Hughes got married on June 16, 1956, in London. The pair agreed on the date due to their shared love of literature: June 16 is the day on which Ulysses by James Joyce takes place. There were only a few witnesses including Plath’s mother who had traveled over from America for the occasion. The newlyweds honeymooned in Paris and then Benidorm, Spain, before returning in time for Plath to start her second year at Cambridge.
