Appius and Virginia

G. E. Trevelyan

earliest edition we have, 2020 Abandoned Bookshop, 2021 paperback 240 pages

"Virginia Hutton embarks upon an experiment. She will take an ape and raise it as a human child… She purchases an infant orangutan and names him Appius. She clothes him, feeds him, and puts him to bed in a cot every night. As Appius grows older, she teaches him to dress himself, to speak, to read, to stand and walk up straight, to eat his meals at the dining table with a knife and fork. She teaches him how to be huma...

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Appius and Virginia paperback · 2021 · Abandoned Bookshop · 240 pages · 9781785632181
Appius and Virginia edition · 2020 · Independently Published · 9798579993236

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