A Dog of Flanders

by Ouida · first published 1872

A Dog of Flanders is an 1872 novel by English author Marie Louise de la Ramée published under her pseudonym "Ouida". It is about a Flemish boy named Nello and his dog, Patrasche, and is set in Antwerp. In Japan, Korea, Russia, Ukraine and the Philippines, the novel has been a popular children's classic for decades and has been adapted into several Japanese films and anime. Since the 1980s, the Belgian board of tourism noticed the phenomenon and built two monuments honoring the story to attract East-Asian tourists.

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Genre:

Adventure fiction, Tragedy

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 5.0 / 5 (1 on Open Library)

Year page:

1872