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Classic Dog Stories
From the grit of a frontier man's dog, from pampered lapdog to wayward mongrel, from faithful guard dog to strong willed pet they're all here in Classic Dog Stories - the perfect gift for dog lovers everywhere.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.
In this beautiful collection, dogs of all kinds are brought to life on the page. Working dogs, dogs who are not treated well by humans, dogs who save lives in many different ways and the funny side of these treasured animals leap and bound on the page from writers such as Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf and Jerome K. Jerome.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.
In this beautiful collection, dogs of all kinds are brought to life on the page. Working dogs, dogs who are not treated well by humans, dogs who save lives in many different ways and the funny side of these treasured animals leap and bound on the page from writers such as Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf and Jerome K. Jerome.
352 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2020
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Ned Halley
93 books1 followerNed Halley is the author of a number of children's books. He has contributed to such bestsellers as How To Do Just About Anything, and How Is It Done? A former director of the US publisher Rodale Press, Ned now writes from his home in Somerset, England.
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November 10, 2022
CLASSIC DOG STORIES is part of the Macmillan Collector's Library. It is a collection of short stories about dogs written by many classic authors. Some stories were fun and others sad. Some stories used terms that were not acceptable nowadays. That did not stop me from enjoying this beautiful book about my favourite animal in the entire world, the dog.
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September 27, 2023
I picked up this collection of dog stories by classic authors for cheap on the Chirp app. What a neat collection of stories this was. Some (dog lives happily ever after) were more appealing that others (dog abused). Chirp did not list the names of each story with the chapters so I looked them up on Google Books only to find out that version had seven more stories than the ten in the Chirp version.
The collection starts out with the biggest bummer of them all - "A Dog's Tale" by Mark Twain. It was not a pleasant read for a dog lover. Most of the subsequent stories were lighter or at least a bit more enjoyable and there are some great writers in this collection: Twain, London, Kipling, Bronte, Chekhov, and Muir.
My favorites in of the bunch:
"Brown Wolf" by Jack London - a lost Klondike sled dog has to choose between his current and past lives.
"Little Girl Afraid of a Dog" by Mary E Wilkins Freeman - a young girl is constantly harassed by her neighbor's little yip-yip dog and decides to do something about it.
"Kashtanka" by Anton Chekhov - a little lost dog is adopted in to a circus family.
"The Black Poodle" by F. Anstey - a fellow with a crush on the neighbor lady accidently kills her family's dog. No one else witnesses. Hijinks ensue.
"Stickeen" by John Muir - the explorer of an icy region of Alaska in 1879 reluctantly lets a dog tag along on a dangerous trip and they eventually develop a deep bond.
I have an illustrated paper copy of "Stickeen" which I read a while back and it was fun to revisit this neat little story. Five stars for the five stories I mentioned and 4.5 stars for the whole collection. I'd highly recommend to any dog lover, and it's probably available pretty cheap out in the interwebs somewhere.
In a time when works of art are destroyed, banned, and altered I especially liked this closing statement from Macmillan Publishers International Limited: the text of this book remains true to the original in every way. Some stories may appear out of date to modern day readers but are reflective of the language and period in which there were originally written. MacMillan believes changing the content to reflect today's world would undermine the authenticity of the original, so has chosen to leave the text in it entirety. This does not, however constitute an endorsement of characterization and content.
The collection starts out with the biggest bummer of them all - "A Dog's Tale" by Mark Twain. It was not a pleasant read for a dog lover. Most of the subsequent stories were lighter or at least a bit more enjoyable and there are some great writers in this collection: Twain, London, Kipling, Bronte, Chekhov, and Muir.
My favorites in of the bunch:
"Brown Wolf" by Jack London - a lost Klondike sled dog has to choose between his current and past lives.
"Little Girl Afraid of a Dog" by Mary E Wilkins Freeman - a young girl is constantly harassed by her neighbor's little yip-yip dog and decides to do something about it.
"Kashtanka" by Anton Chekhov - a little lost dog is adopted in to a circus family.
"The Black Poodle" by F. Anstey - a fellow with a crush on the neighbor lady accidently kills her family's dog. No one else witnesses. Hijinks ensue.
"Stickeen" by John Muir - the explorer of an icy region of Alaska in 1879 reluctantly lets a dog tag along on a dangerous trip and they eventually develop a deep bond.
I have an illustrated paper copy of "Stickeen" which I read a while back and it was fun to revisit this neat little story. Five stars for the five stories I mentioned and 4.5 stars for the whole collection. I'd highly recommend to any dog lover, and it's probably available pretty cheap out in the interwebs somewhere.
In a time when works of art are destroyed, banned, and altered I especially liked this closing statement from Macmillan Publishers International Limited: the text of this book remains true to the original in every way. Some stories may appear out of date to modern day readers but are reflective of the language and period in which there were originally written. MacMillan believes changing the content to reflect today's world would undermine the authenticity of the original, so has chosen to leave the text in it entirety. This does not, however constitute an endorsement of characterization and content.
April 2, 2023
Vooral een leuk hebbe-dingetje voor hondenliefhebbers.
Mijn favoriete verhalen: A Dog’s Tale, Kashtanka, The Two Tulips en The Black Poodle.
Mijn favoriete verhalen: A Dog’s Tale, Kashtanka, The Two Tulips en The Black Poodle.
June 12, 2023
Some of the stories were cute and sweet, some of them were funny. Some of them not so good. It is hard to rate the book honestly but most of the stories have their own Goodreads page so I rated them individually.
February 5, 2024
Yuck. Animal violence. Quit in chapter 2. Delete
January 21, 2025
A nice collection of dog stories, some funny, some sad, but all quite good.
January 29, 2026
Mostly sad tales...
Very different stories. Glad I finished the book, neatly gave up. Shame there weren't more happy stories though, I held my breathe several times!
Very different stories. Glad I finished the book, neatly gave up. Shame there weren't more happy stories though, I held my breathe several times!
October 30, 2023
Nice read although some stories are rather brutal.
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