J D Beresford: 9 books

Literary Thoughts edition presents Goslings; or, A World of Women by J.D. Beresford ------ "Goslings; or, A World of Women" is a 1913 post-apocalyptic novel about a global plague that has decimated England's male population and the once-predictable Gosling family is now free to fulfill its...

“The Hampdenshire Wonder” is a 1911 science fiction novel by J.D. Beresford. It is one of the first novels to involve a wunderkind. The child in it, Victor Stott, is the son of a famous cricket player. This origin is perhaps a reference to H.G. Wells's father Joseph Wells. The novel concerns his...

Signs & Wonders written by J. D. Beresford who  was an English writer,  This book was published in 1921. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work,...

A fascinating forerunner of modern science fiction: The mind-bending story of a prodigy in Edwardian England Born to a famous cricket player, Victor Stott is a giant-headed, awkward boy who never cries or says a word. At first, he is branded an idiot, but as he grows up it becomes apparent...

A global plague has decimated England's male population and the once-predictable Gosling family is now free to fulfill its long-frustrated desires. When Mr. Gosling leaves his family to peruse his sexual vices, the Gosling daughters, who lack experience and self-independence, find shelter in a matriarchal...

When a worldwide plague kills off most of England’s male population, the highly conventional Mr. Gosling and his daughters begin to fulfil “long-thwarted tendencies and desires.” Gosling abandons his family for a life of lechery, leaving his daughters—who have never been permitted to learn...

Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Posts Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital...