The Hampdenshire Wonder (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: J. D. Beresford
- First Published: 1911
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—superbeing
- Time of Work: The early twentieth century
- Setting: Hampdenshire, a village in the south of England
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Villages, England or English people, Intellect, Evolution, Mutations or mutants
- Locales: England
The Plot
The narrator is reading a book during a train journey when he is disturbed by the presence of a baby with an unusually large head and a disconcerting stare. He investigates the history of this remarkable infant, who turns out to be Victor Stott, the progeny of a marriage of convenience between a professional cricket player and an aging spinster. Following the fathers desertion, the mother and her son were given a new home by the local squire, Henry Challis, at the request of a clergyman, Percy Crashaw.
The narrator, who is a writer, is fascinated by Victor and...
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