Inside the story
Meet St. John Rivers
St. John Rivers is an austere, ambitious clergyman who lives near Moor House and serves as a caring but demanding cousin to Jane Eyre. When Jane comes to him in need, he offers her shelter while pursuing his plans for missionary work and urging her to join him as his wife.
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A tall, slender young man of about twenty-eight or twenty-nine with a classical Greek profile—straight nose, Athenian mouth and chin—fair blond hair, and cold, brilliant blue eyes; handsome but marble-like and severe.
