An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, as the Hebrew translation, for example, is "fatherless".
Orphans by Thomas Kennington, oil on canvas, 1885
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and his sisters Princesses Francisca and Januária wearing mourning clothes after the death of their father Pedro I in 1834. Their mother, Maria Leopoldina, had died a couple of years before, in 1826.
Orphan on mother's grave by Uroš Predić in 1888
An Afghan girl at a Kabul, Afghanistan orphanage in January 2002
Jane Eyre is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre is a bildungsroman that follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall.
Title page of the first edition, 1847
Young Jane argues with her guardian, Mrs Reed of Gateshead, illustration by F. H. Townsend
St John Rivers admits Jane to Moor House, illustration by F. H. Townsend
The Salutation pub in Hulme, Manchester, where Brontë began to write Jane Eyre; the pub was a lodge in the 1840s.
