A Dog of Flanders
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1562650726
ISBN 13
9781562650728
Category
Youth Animal
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Publication Year
2016
Publisher
Description
This European tear-jerker is considered the first modern dog story, published in 1872, by an Englishwoman of French extraction. Ouida, as she called her literary alter-ego, obviously traveled in the Low Countries, for she is conversant with both the Flemish people (city life, country life, general customs) and the foibles of human nature. The tale is frankly sentimental; one wonders if she is making a plea for social reform or communal conscience. I suspect that this story was not well received abroad; the city of Antwerp and the selfish villagers come off quite badly as a result of their shallow attitudes and callous indifference to povery, pain and hunger. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
