My Dog edition by Maurice Maeterlinck Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks
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This dog-lover's book was published in 1913 and tells the story of a French bull-dog named Pelleas.
A 4-Star Review
Reviewer Rietto - - September 10, 2009
Subject Lovely bulldog illustrations
A short book with some very nice paintings of bulldogs
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An excerpt from the book
I have lost, withing these last few days, a little bull-dog. He
had just completed the sixth month of his brief existence. He
had no history. His intelligent eyes opened to look out upon
the world, to love mankind, then closed again on the cruel
secrets of death.
The friend who presented me with him had given him, perhaps
by antiphrasis, the somewhat unexpected name of Pelleas.
Why re-christen him? For how can a poor dog, loving, devoted,
faithful, disgrace the name of a man or an imaginary hero?
Pelleas had a great, bulging, powerful forehead, like that of
Socrates or Verlaine; and, under a little black nose, blunt as a
churlish assent, a pair of large, hanging and symmetrical chops,
which made his head a sort of massive, obstinate, pensive and
three-cornered menace. He was beautiful after the manner of
a beautiful natural monster that has complied strictly with the
laws of its species. And what a smile of attentive obligingness,
of incorruptible innocence, of affectionate submission, of bound-
less gratitude and total self-abondonment lit up, at the least
caress, that adorable mask of ugliness! Whence exactly did
that smile emanate? From the ingenuous and melting eyes?
From the ears pricked up to catch the words of man? From
the forehead that un-wrinkled to appreciate and love, from
the four tiny, white, projecting teeth that shone with gladness
against the dark lips, or from the stump of a tail that, with its
abrupt bend, the mark of his race, wriggled at the other end to
testify to the intimate and impassioned joy that filled his small
being, happy once more to encounter the hand or the glance
of the god to whom he surrendered himself?
My Dog edition by Maurice Maeterlinck Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks
Titled 'Our Friend the Dog', this same story is available for free on the web. This story was first published in 1903, it was translated from French into English by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. The printed edition has 24 pages. Maurice Maeterlinck was a great writer who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. One of the main themes in his work is the meaning of life; and even in this book on his dog you can find philosophical bits on this theme.In this book the author writes about his dog; the things he did and how he behaved. You can feel the love Maeterlinck had for his dog in every line in this little book. Part of the book are his philosophical thoughts about the nature of dogs and human beings. This beautifully written book also contains a few black-and-white drawings of a bulldog. I highly recommend this book.
As a sample I copy a few lines of this story below, it will give you a good impression of the way it is written and the the story itself.
OUR FRIEND THE DOG
I have lost, within these last few days, a little bull-dog. He had just
completed the sixth month of his brief existence. He had no history. His
intelligent eyes opened to look out upon the world, to love mankind,
then closed again on the cruel secrets of death.
The friend who presented me with him had given him, perhaps by
antiphrasis, the startling name of Pelléas. Why rechristen him? For how
can a poor dog, loving, devoted, faithful, disgrace the name of a man or
an imaginary hero?
Pelléas had a great bulging, powerful forehead, like that of Socrates or
Verlaine; and, under a little black nose, blunt as a churlish assent, a
pair of large hanging and symmetrical chops, which made his head a sort
of massive, obstinate, pensive and three-cornered menace. He was
beautiful after the manner of a beautiful, natural monster that has
complied strictly with the laws of its species. And what a smile of
attentive obligingness, of incorruptible innocence, of affectionate
submission, of boundless gratitude and total self-abandonment lit up, at
the least caress, that adorable mask of ugliness!
[...]
And it was thus that, the other day, before his illness, I saw my little
Pelléas sitting at the foot of my writing-table, his tail carefully
folded under his paws, his head a little on one side, the better to
question me, at once attentive and tranquil, as a saint should be in the
presence of God. He was happy with the happiness which we, perhaps,
shall never know, since it sprang from the smile and the approval of a
life incomparably higher than his own.
[...]
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My Dog edition by Maurice Maeterlinck Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks Reviews
Titled 'Our Friend the Dog', this same story is available for free on the web. This story was first published in 1903, it was translated from French into English by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. The printed edition has 24 pages. Maurice Maeterlinck was a great writer who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. One of the main themes in his work is the meaning of life; and even in this book on his dog you can find philosophical bits on this theme.
In this book the author writes about his dog; the things he did and how he behaved. You can feel the love Maeterlinck had for his dog in every line in this little book. Part of the book are his philosophical thoughts about the nature of dogs and human beings. This beautifully written book also contains a few black-and-white drawings of a bulldog. I highly recommend this book.
As a sample I copy a few lines of this story below, it will give you a good impression of the way it is written and the the story itself.
OUR FRIEND THE DOG
I have lost, within these last few days, a little bull-dog. He had just
completed the sixth month of his brief existence. He had no history. His
intelligent eyes opened to look out upon the world, to love mankind,
then closed again on the cruel secrets of death.
The friend who presented me with him had given him, perhaps by
antiphrasis, the startling name of Pelléas. Why rechristen him? For how
can a poor dog, loving, devoted, faithful, disgrace the name of a man or
an imaginary hero?
Pelléas had a great bulging, powerful forehead, like that of Socrates or
Verlaine; and, under a little black nose, blunt as a churlish assent, a
pair of large hanging and symmetrical chops, which made his head a sort
of massive, obstinate, pensive and three-cornered menace. He was
beautiful after the manner of a beautiful, natural monster that has
complied strictly with the laws of its species. And what a smile of
attentive obligingness, of incorruptible innocence, of affectionate
submission, of boundless gratitude and total self-abandonment lit up, at
the least caress, that adorable mask of ugliness!
[...]
And it was thus that, the other day, before his illness, I saw my little
Pelléas sitting at the foot of my writing-table, his tail carefully
folded under his paws, his head a little on one side, the better to
question me, at once attentive and tranquil, as a saint should be in the
presence of God. He was happy with the happiness which we, perhaps,
shall never know, since it sprang from the smile and the approval of a
life incomparably higher than his own.
[...]
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