Mr. Rochester
Mr.
Rochester is the brooding, passionate hero of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel *Jane Eyre*—a wealthy landowner with a dark secret who falls in love with his governess.
The name has become shorthand for a certain type of romantic figure: older, worldly, emotionally tortured, and hiding something.
She always falls for the Mr. Rochester types—mysterious men with complicated pasts.
- JaneFemale given name
- country estateLarge rural landholding residence
- BrontëLiterary sisters' surname
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- masterAuthority or controller
Bertha · attic · manor · secret · dark secret · passionate · gruff · mysterious · moors · Victorian · Victorian romance · tormented · marriage · fire · blind · love · dark · wealthy
- literary charactersSherlock Holmes, Scout Finch, Elizabeth Bennet, Macbeth, Huck Finn
- literary loversRomeo, Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Lancelot and Guinevere, Heathcliff
power dynamic in romance
Mr. RochesterJane Eyre
governess · servant class · subordinate · employee · ward