Rab and His Friends by John Brown
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"Rab and His Friends" by John Brown is a short story published in 1859. Set in 1830s Edinburgh, it follows a massive mastiff named Rab, his owner James Noble—a quiet carter—and James's ailing wife Ailie. When illness brings them to Minto House Hospital, the story unfolds as a meditation on loyalty, loss, and devotion. Through the eyes of a medical student narrator, this Scottish tale explores the unbreakable bond between a man
and his dog against the backdrop of 19th-century medicine. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Brown, John, 1810-1882 |
|---|---|
| Title | Rab and His Friends |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rab_and_his_Friends |
| Credits |
Text file produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | CT: History: Biography |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Dogs -- Folklore |
| Subject | Brown, John, 1810-1882 -- Childhood and youth |
| Subject | Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 5420 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-05420-9 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jul 3, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 598 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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