I am sure most people would have thought him an ugly man; yet there was so much unconscious pride in his port; so much case in his demeanour; such a look of complete indifference to his own external appearance; so haughty a reliance on the power of other qualities, intrinsic or adventitious, to atone for the lack of mere personal attractiveness, that in looking at him, one inevitably shared the indifference; and even in a blind, imperfect sense, put faith in the confidence.
– Charlotte Bronte
Jane Eyre, Chapter 14. Jane doesn’t find Mr. Rochester a handsome looking man in the conventional sense. But she is able to go beyond surface looks and sees that there is an attractiveness in his manner and bearing and his personality.