The Wonder

by J.D. Beresford

The Wonder is the shorted title from the original, The Hampdenshire Wonder, first published in 1911. It is one of the first science fiction novels describing a wunderkind. Victor Stott, the son of a famous cricket player, has a slight deformity accounting for his extraordinarily powerful brain. The character may be Beresford's reference to his mentor, H.G. Wells's father, Joseph Wells. [Illustration by Rudolf Wilke, The Wunderkind, 1896.]

Part One - My Early Associations with Ginger Stott - Chapter I

Part One - Chapter II

Part One - Chapter III

Part Two - The Childhood of the Wonder - Chapter IV

Part Two - Chapter V

Part Two - Chapter VI

Part Two - Chapter VII

Part Two - Chapter VIII

Interlude

The Wonder Among Books - Chapter IX

Chapter XX

Chapter XXI