# Céline Varens — Jane Eyre character guide

> Céline Varens in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Céline, Varens, the Varens, Miss Varens

**First appearance:** 0017-xv

## Who they are

French opera singer and Rochester's former mistress, Adèle's mother.

## In the story

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jane_eyre_se/chapters/xv)

Céline is the French opera-dancer who betrayed Rochester; she is Adèle's mother and abandoned her child.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jane_eyre_se/chapters/xxvii)

Mentioned as Rochester's first mistress, whose betrayal ended their liaison.

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