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A Dog of Flanders is a lovely little story that anyone who enjoys a good tale about friendship and closeness will be able to relate to. Marie Louise de la Remee depicts a tale about a poor young boy and his faithful dog that will capture your heart, while providing a true life lesson on deeper subjects associated with life, happiness, poverty and friendship.Nello and his beloved canine friend, Patrasche, have become extremely popular throughout the world, even though they aren't as recognized in their home town of Antwerp, in Belgium, where the two have a statue that tourists from all over the world come to visit.The story itself is extremely touching, and it will definitely cause some tears to flow, if you aren't used to reading stories depicting tragic plots and sad, yet meaningful events.Nello and Patrasche endure all manner of hardships, bonding while working together to escape poverty and pursue happiness. The difficulty of their adventure is made worse by the fact that they are both orphans, and while Nello's aspirations to becoming a renowned artist seem to be within grasp, there are many challenges the pair has to overcome, before catching a glimpse of happiness.They soon become best friends, sharing their innermost thoughts, and we get a detailed account of Patrasche's idea of what happiness should be, in the background of the difficult life situations, hunger, rejection and poverty that the two have to face together throughout the book.The book has become quite popular, especially in Japan, and a 1997 animated version was developed as well which made the story even more well-known outside Belgium.A realistic, yet hopeful portrayal of life and its many problems and challenges, A Dog of Flanders remains a classic that you will likely fall in love with at once, proving that beauty, learning and even happiness can be found even in the most difficult of situations.

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A new edition of a beautiful Christmas story already prized as a classic by all who knew it. "Will be hailed by the very young readers as especially theirs....Vividly written...so true to life." -The Chautauquan "One of the best of Ouida's (Louise de la Ramée) short stories, and replete with interest to boys and girls who love a real good dog story. The tale is of a little Belgian boy and Belgian girl - both orphans, whose favorite companion and best friend was a fine dog, who dragged the cart with the milk cans to the city as his daily stunt, and did many other things to earn a few centimes for his little master and mistress, and a bone for himself. For years the dog served and befriended them, but the pathos comes when on one bitter night of frost in Antwerp, the boy and the dog were frozen to death in the great cathedral, and were found by the Cure as he wended his way on the altar for the morning mass." -Journal of Education "That a story for children should be good literature we believe, and therefor we take pleasure in recommending 'A Dog of Flanders,' by Louisa de la Ramée, for here is good diction which will surely delight the children and beauty of thought to which they are quite able to respond." -The Christian Work "Those persons who associate this gifted French woman only with her brilliant and sometimes daring novels, have no conception of the result when a talent for storytelling such as hers, is turned, as a labor of love, to the service of those keenest epicures, the children." -The Interior "Louise de la Ramée, or Ouida, has written several children's stories that rank with the world's classics. One of these, her matchless little story, 'A Dog of Flanders,' is recommended in our latest list." -The Young Woman's Journal "Deserves a place in every young folks' library." -The School Journal

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Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world. They were friends in a friendship closer than brotherhood. Nello was a little Ardennois—Patrasche was a big Fleming. They were both of the same age by length of years, yet one was still young, and the other was already old. They had dwelt together almost all their days: both were orphaned and destitute, and owed their lives to the same hand. It had been the beginning of the tie between them, their first bond of sympathy; and it had strengthened day by day, and had grown with their growth, firm and indissoluble, until they loved one another very greatly.