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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.
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 1981Pocket · 240 pages · 9780671422097
- Other · English · 1994Kodansha International · 220 pages · 9781568360485
- Other · English · 1981Quartet · 220 pages · 9780704333833
- Other · English · 1980Forbidden ExperimentPenguin Random House · 9780436458750
- Other · English · 1980Farrar Straus Giroux · 220 pages · 9780374157555
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