Books author - "Philip Wylie"
Description Gladiator, first published in 1930, tells the story of Hugo Danner, who is given superhuman speed, endurance, strength, and intelligence by his father as an experiment in creating a better human. We follow Hugo throughout his life viewed from his perspective, from childhood, when Hugo first discovers heβs different from others, to adulthood, as Hugo tries to find a positive outlet for his abilities around the time of the first World War. Gladiator has been made into a 1938 comedy
e faced with it. He murmured: "A baby."Faint annoyance moved her. "Yes. That's what one has. What are we going to do?" "I don't know, Matilda. But I'm glad." She softened. "So am I, Abednego." Then a hissing, spattering sound issued from the kitchen. "The beans!" Mrs. Danner said. The second idyll of their lives was finished. Alone in his bed, tossing on the humid muslin sheets, Danner struggled within himself. The hour that was at hand would be
Description Gladiator, first published in 1930, tells the story of Hugo Danner, who is given superhuman speed, endurance, strength, and intelligence by his father as an experiment in creating a better human. We follow Hugo throughout his life viewed from his perspective, from childhood, when Hugo first discovers heβs different from others, to adulthood, as Hugo tries to find a positive outlet for his abilities around the time of the first World War. Gladiator has been made into a 1938 comedy
e faced with it. He murmured: "A baby."Faint annoyance moved her. "Yes. That's what one has. What are we going to do?" "I don't know, Matilda. But I'm glad." She softened. "So am I, Abednego." Then a hissing, spattering sound issued from the kitchen. "The beans!" Mrs. Danner said. The second idyll of their lives was finished. Alone in his bed, tossing on the humid muslin sheets, Danner struggled within himself. The hour that was at hand would be