Thisfictionalworkiswrittenin1stpersonbythedoghimself.It'sacutestoryoftheadventuresinthelifeofanobledogwhoisappropriatelynamed,Job.Thecaninesocietyinwhichhelivesisaninterestingparalleltohumansociety.
AntonChekhovwasaRussianphysician,dramatistandauthorwhoisconsideredtobeamongthegreatestwritersofshortstoriesinhistory.Hiscareerasadramatistproducedfourclassicsandhisbestshortstoriesareheldinhighesteembywritersandcritics.Chekhovpracticedasadoctorthroughoutmostofhisliterarycareer:"Medicineismylawfulwife",heoncesaid,"andliteratureismymistress."Chekhovhadatfirstwrittenstoriesonlyforfinancialgain,butashisartisticambitiongrew,hemadeformalinnovationswhichhaveinfluencedtheevolutionofthemodernshortstory.Hisoriginalityconsistsinanearlyuseofthestream-of-consciousnesstechnique,lateradoptedbyJamesJoyceandothermodernists,combinedwithadisavowalofthemoralfinalityoftraditionalstorystructure.Hemadenoapologiesforthedifficultiesthisposedtoreaders,insistingthattheroleofanartistwastoaskquestions,nottoanswerthem.Thisisacollectionof7ofhisinsightfulshortstoriesaboutthehumanconditionandinclude,besidethetitlestory,ADoctor'sVisit;AnUpheaval;Ionitch;andTheHusbandwhicharebestknown.
Thisstorysurroundsachildwaif,ayoungwoman,ayounggentlemandoctor,andanelderlylady.Thistaleunfoldsthestoryofabondthatbringstheseunlikelyfriendstogetherandmergestheirseparatepathsoflifeintoonecommonpath.Thebondis"Dumps",or"Pompey",the"doggie".Withmanytwists,turns,anduncertainties,theendingmaysurprisethereader.All'swellthatendswellinthisdoggie"tail".
ApartyofcampersonadesertedBalticislandisterrorizedbyahugewolf…orisit·SummarybyCharlesBlakemore
Thisisastoryofanadventureinvolvingayoungman,hisdog,andtwofriends.TogethertheywanderthroughtheWesternprairiesonamissiontomakepeacebetweenthe“pale-faces”andthe“Redmen”.Theyfacemanyperilsandbecomeheroesmanytimesover.Thiswonderfulstorytakesthecharacters(andthereader)onanaction-packedjourneythroughtheWesternprairiesduringthetimeswhenrelationsbetweenthewhitemanandtheNativeswerenotalwayspeaceful.
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自从人类豢养宠物的历史开始以来,世界上的猫们和狗们就是不共戴天的死对头,它们之间的争斗从未停止过。而作为主宰的人类,也并不知道,狡猾的猫们其实早就野心勃勃地妄图霸占地球,它们世代相传研发各种科技与武器,卧底在人类身边伺机发动“政变”,要不是忠心耿耿的狗们每次总是千方百计地挫败猫们的疯狂计划,恐怕人类早就被猫取而代之了。于是猫们也就视狗们为眼中钉,伺机将对方置之于死地,彻底除之而后快
TheSunDogactuallyfreakedmeout.Impossible·Ithoughtso,butithappened.Itoohaveafascinationwithoddpictures,andpaintingsthatchange.Thisstoryisamazing,anditreachestothedeepestpartofthepsyche,rippingaholethatspewsfearanddarkness.Mr.Kingisageniusofthemacabre,andthetwisted.Bravo,sir.