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The Artilleryman: character portrait from The war of the worlds (Wells, H. G. (Herbert George))

A character in The war of the worlds

The Artilleryman

The war of the worlds by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

A cynical, hardened soldier met by the Narrator during his flight from the Martians.

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The Artilleryman is a hardened soldier whom the Narrator meets while fleeing the Martians. Cynical about the human response, he offers a gritty military view of the invasion and the desperate struggle of people trying to resist it.

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