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The forbidden experiment by Roger Shattuck · Booklabria

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First published: 1980
Language: English
Editions: 6

Synopsis

An account of the public life of a young boy who appeared in a French village in 1800 after living as a wild animal for most of his eleven or twelve years and of the attempts of a doctor to bring him to a civilized state.

Subjects: History
Biography
Biographies
Social isolation
Special education
Socialization
Set in: France
Characters: Wild Boy of Aveyron
Victor of Aveyron

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