Inside the story
Meet Edward Rochester
Edward Rochester is the brooding, sardonic master of Thornfield Hall, a large estate in Yorkshire. When Jane Eyre arrives as governess, Rochester becomes her employer and an intriguing, often difficult presence in her new life.
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A broad-chested, athletically built man of middle height, around thirty-five, with a dark swarthy face, broad jetty-black eyebrows, a square forehead crossed by a horizontal sweep of black hair, a decisive prominent nose, full nostrils, and a grim mouth, chin, and jaw; craggy rather than handsome.
