Both Uses of
wretch
in
The War of the Worlds
- Before he could get to it, he heard a scream under the wheels, and saw through the dust the rim passing over the poor wretch's back.†
Chpt 1.16 *
- He saw anger change to terror on the face of the poor wretch on the ground, and in a moment he was hidden and my brother was borne backward and carried past the entrance of the lane, and had to fight hard in the torrent to recover it.†
Chpt 1.16
Definition:
-
(wretch) someone you feel sorry for
or:
a person of bad character