The World Set Free · Character
Frederick Barnet
A witness-narrator whose book chronicles a world 'coming about like a ship that sails into the wind,' he registers how ordinary lives buckle under accelerating change.
major
Also known as Barnet, VI Barnet, V Frederick Barnet, Mylius
First appearance: The World Set Free
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Witnesses the air battle over Holland and survives the inundation.
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In The World Set Free: Witnesses the air battle over Holland and survives the inundation. Later, in Prelude: The Sun Snarers: Barnet is a common man who witnesses the last war and the subsequent inundation,…
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- Other
Character groups
- Central narrator and colleague
- Atomic scientists and associates
- French military commanders
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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