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A Dog’s Tale book is a short story written by Mark Twain. It first appeared in the December 1903 issue of Harper’s Magazine. In January of the following year, it was extracted into a stand-alone pamphlet published for the National Anti-Vivisection Society. The book is told from the standpoint of a loyal household pet, a dog self-described by the first sentence of the story; “My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian.” The story begins with a description of the dog’s life as a puppy and her separation from her mother, which to her was inexplicable. Her puppy and her owner’s new child were soon added to her new home.

A Dog’s Tale Summary

When a fire breaks out in the nursery, the dog risks her life to drag the baby to safety. In the process, her motives are misunderstood and she is cruelly beaten by the father of the family with a cane, resulting in her leg getting broken. Soon, however, the truth of the situation is discovered and she receives no end of praise. Later in the story, her puppy dies, killed by the father of the family to prove his opinion on optics to his scientist peers. Only a servant seems to realize the irony of this, exclaiming, “Poor little doggie, you saved HIS child!” In the end, the dog (who does not realize her puppy is dead until her own hour is upon her) pines inconsolable over the grave of the puppy with the clear implication that she will do so until death.

Details Of A Dog’s Tale Short Story by Mark Twain

Name Of the Novel: A Dog’s Tale Short
Author: Mark Twain
Country: America
Language: English
Genre: Short story, Fiction
Publisher: Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany
Publication date: 1903
Book Type: Pdf / ePub