Both Uses of
wretch
in
Jane Eyre
- This girl," he continued, looking at me, "knew no more than you, Wood, of the disgusting secret: she thought all was fair and legal and never dreamt she was going to be entrapped into a feigned union with a defrauded wretch, already bound to a bad, mad, and embruted partner!†
p. 337.5
- Glorious discovery to a lonely wretch!†
p. 444.7 *
Definition:
someone you feel sorry for
or:
a person of bad character
or:
a person of bad character