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Rochester, Mrs
     
Rochester, Mrs
a character in the book Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë. Mrs Rochester is mentally ill and kept locked in the attic (=a room under the roof) of the house so that no one can see her. She finally destroys the house by setting it on fire.
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