Inside the story
Meet Adèle Varens
Adèle Varens is a lively French child living at Thornfield as Edward Rochester’s ward. The daughter of an opera dancer, she is placed in Jane Eyre’s care, and Jane is engaged to teach and supervise her in the household.
On the page
A small, pretty French girl of about seven or eight, with a pale delicate face and long light-brown curling ringlets, fond of frilled, dainty dresses.








