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The Hampdenshire wonder. By: J.D. Beresford. / science fiction NOVEL /

The Hampdenshire wonder. By: J.D. Beresford. / science fiction NOVEL /

Beresford, J. D.

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 1984074709
ISBN13: 9781984074706
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jan 22 2018
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Hampdenshire Wonder is a 1911 science fiction novel by J.D. Beresford. It is one of the first novels to involve a wunderkind. The child in it, Victor Stott, is the son of a famous cricket player. This origin is perhaps a reference to H.G. Wells's father Joseph Wells. The novel concerns his progress from infant to almost preternaturally brilliant child. Victor Stott is subtly deformed to allow for his powerful brain. One prominent, and unpleasant, character is the local minister. As J.D. Beresford's father was a minister, and Beresford was himself partially disabled, some see autobiographical aspects to the story. However this is unproven. What is more concrete is that the story of Christian Friedrich Heinecken was an inspiration for the story. Whether the biography of that child prodigy was accurate or not, the Lubeck prodigy is mentioned in the work. Also, in the original version, the ideas of Henri Bergson on evolution are also significant.

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