Rochester's Introduction

From Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Rochester first appears as a Byronic, almost supernatural figure whose horse slips on ice as Jane walks to mail a letter.
Chapter 12

On Hay Lane Jane mistakes the approaching rider's dog for a Gytrash. Rochester falls; Jane helps him remount. Their relationship begins with him physically dependent on her, inverting class and gender expectations.

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Chapter 13

Their first conversation at Thornfield, in which Rochester interrogates Jane and examines her drawings, recognizing a kindred imaginative intelligence.

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