Mrs. Alice Fairfax

Mrs. Alice Fairfax, fictional character, the housekeeper at Thornfield Hall in the novel Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë. Fairfax, the widow of a former vicar of Hay, is pensioned off by Edward Rochester, master of Thornfield Hall, after he attempts a bigamous marriage with Jane Eyre.

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Article Title: Mrs. Alice Fairfax

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Date Published: 10 May 2010

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