Wild Boy (Hardback)
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Short Description for Wild Boy A child discovered in the forests, is captured and handed over to Doctor Itard, who is charged with studying him. Itard's attempts to educate and civilise him bear little fruit. Instead, Victor seems drawn to Julie, who is herself falling for Itard as he struggles to understand both Victor and his own confused emotions.
Full description- Publisher: Sceptre
- Published: 15 September 2003
- Format: Hardback 304 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780340822968 ISBN 10: 0340822961
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Full description for Wild Boy
In post-Revolution France, a child is discovered in the forests near Aveyron, where he seems to have been living wild for seven years. Now 12 years old, the Wild Boy, as he becomes known, is captured, put on public display as a freak, and finally handed over to the ambitious, repressed Doctor Itard, who is charged with studying the Wild Boy, who he names Victor, and trying to discover the secrets of his strange, secret life. But Victor soon becomes a pawn in the raging debate about nature vs nurture, and Itard's attempts to educate and civilise him bear little fruit. Instead, Victor seems drawn to Mme Guerin, his maternal guardian - and to her vivacious daughter, Julie, who is herself falling for Itard as he struggles to understand both Victor and his own confused emotions. Giving a vivid sense of the Revolutionary period, the novel brings to life through the stories of three fascinating characters a mysterious case that still resonates today.
