When the time-gun boomed from Edinburgh Castle- Bobby gave a startled yelp. He was only a little country dog-the very youngest and smallest and sha...
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Feb 23, 2011
Bunga Mawar
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Aug 25, 2010
Katie
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I had a hell of a time with this book in the fourth grade and I didn't like it at all. It was too hard to read, especially some of the dialect. And it was dark and sad and tragic, with the old shepherd dying poor, and lonely, and probably unnecessarily (I wouldn't have been a big fan of Dickens back then), and the little dog clinging heartbroken to his grave.
The book sat on my shelf, glowering at me like a vulture, unread, jealous, for years, until I gave it away after college. More...
The book sat on my shelf, glowering at me like a vulture, unread, jealous, for years, until I gave it away after college. More...
May 21, 2010
MisterFweem
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"The bonny bit is the bairns' ain doggie, an' the Laird Provost himsel' told 'em he wasna to be neglectet,'" was one mother's plea.
Ah! that was very true. To the grand folk who had come to see him, Bobby was only a nine days' wonder. His story had touched the hearts of all orders of society. For a time strangers would come to see him, and then they would forget all about him or remember him only fitfully. It was to these poor people around the kirkyard, themselves forgotten More...
Ah! that was very true. To the grand folk who had come to see him, Bobby was only a nine days' wonder. His story had touched the hearts of all orders of society. For a time strangers would come to see him, and then they would forget all about him or remember him only fitfully. It was to these poor people around the kirkyard, themselves forgotten More...
Jan 19, 2012
Karen
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My reading of Stevenson has reminded me how much I loved this as a child. I was such a sucker for sentimental animal stories: sobbed my heart out at the film version of The Incredible Journey and one of my earliest memories is how the lions at the Zoo did not share out their food in a comradely sort of way and I cried all the way home because one lioness went hungry. Aaaaaaaaw. Molesworth would have called me a wet and a weed, and my older brother called me worse than that. But that's what older
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Jul 19, 2011
Ady
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Banyak pengorbanan yang dilakukan Bobby demi tuannya itu. Seperti terpaksa menahan rasa lapar karena tidak dapat mencari makan dan terkurung di area pekuburan, hingga mengalami luka-luka setelah menuruni Castle Rock yang terkenal curamnya. Namun Bobby tetaplah Bobby, ia tetap berusaha menunjukkan kesetiaannya dengan kembali ke atas gundukan tanah itu.
Karena sikap sopan, pengorbanan dan kesetiaan Bobby, dalam sekejap ia berhasil meraih simpati setiap orang dari setiap kalangan sosial da More...
Karena sikap sopan, pengorbanan dan kesetiaan Bobby, dalam sekejap ia berhasil meraih simpati setiap orang dari setiap kalangan sosial da More...
Mar 29, 2011
Kris
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I really wanted to enjoy this book but what really spoilt this book for me was the dialogue set out in a Scottish dialect. It made some parts of the book very difficult to read but I stuck with it. Despite the difficulties in reading the dialogue, I really enjoyed the story of a little terrier loyal to sleeping on his master's grave each night. It was a really uplifting story that bought a small community together to look after the best interests of a "stray" dog.
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Jun 08, 2010
Anita
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I tried, I really tried. But I just coudn't take any more deciphering of sentences such as, "Sic a fulish bairn! Wi' fower wa's arooned 'im, an' a roof to 'is heid, an' a floor to 'is fut, hoo could a sma' dog mak' a way oot?" after dozens and dozens of sentences in this vein I just couldn't be bothered trying to figure them out any more. I found myself glossing over them, and having therefore lost the plot (so to speak) I gave up two-thirds through. I know there's a great story in the
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Feb 04, 2012
Suzyberry
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Read with an open heart and a box of kleenex. This is the most honest portrait of the love and devotion that exists between a human being and his beloved dog. When you have read the book...don't miss the movie. Try and fit a box of kleenex in your purse...you will need it...but oh how both this book and movie will warm your heart and send you home to hug your beloved pet, or remember those that are now gone but so enriched your life with their unconditional love and affection.
Dec 15, 2009
Djrmel
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Far more romantic and entertaining than the true story of the little dog that would not leave his master's side, it's no wonder this is the version that people believe. More than a tale of a love that lasted beyond life, this is also a darn good example of a writer writing successfully in dialect. Read it for the "awwww" factor and learn a few knew words of a very beautiful language.
Aug 01, 2011
Juliana
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I really wanted to like this book but I didn't. It was a lovely story, but I found the dialect just very distracting and the style quite ponderous. It's a shame, because I've been meaning to read this book for ages! (Read around August 2008 but the cover disappeared so had to re-upload...!)
Dec 27, 2010
krym
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Dogs are man's best friend and sure did Bobby prove the cliche! I hardly remember the book except for the scenes that Bobby stayed frozen in his master's grave and he was left in another home but run across country to find his master. How I wish there is a person as loyal as Bobby!
Dec 21, 2009
Bettie
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Victorian thriller based on the legendary police dog Bobby and his master John Gray. Stars Crawford Logan and Paul Young.
Broadcast on: BBC Radio 7, 4:00pm Saturday 19th December 2009
Mar 17, 2011
Rustin
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Good story, but hard to understand some of the Scottish tongue. This book gets some marks taken away because it leans heavily toward being sentimental while telling an engaging story.
May 11, 2011
Lisa
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I need to give this book 2 and a half stars.. because i'm between 'liked it' and 'it was okay' for this book.
I loved, loved the story and loved how Bobby spent years just being faithful to his owner, and Bobby's story with the people around him. i loved how it started and how it ended too. Although i do love detailed descriptions as how the author wrote them, i really had such a hard time reading the book. it was too slow for my taste, that often reading it becomes boring and sometim More...
I loved, loved the story and loved how Bobby spent years just being faithful to his owner, and Bobby's story with the people around him. i loved how it started and how it ended too. Although i do love detailed descriptions as how the author wrote them, i really had such a hard time reading the book. it was too slow for my taste, that often reading it becomes boring and sometim More...
Aug 11, 2009
Karen
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I read this when I was quite young and then re-read it a number of years ago. I cried both times! A beautifully written book, with detailed description.
Jun 09, 2011
Ayu
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great ending. but i almost feel nothing in the middle of the book. no touching parts.
Feb 23, 2011
Harun Harahap
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Manusia biasanya hanya berkunjung ke makam orang terdekatnya hanya beberapa kali dalam setahun atau bahkan tidak pernah sama sekali. Beda dengan Bobby, dia tak bisa pisah dengan makam sang majikannya. Baginya majikannya adalah segalanya, tak ada lagi tempat yang nyaman baginya selain makam majikannya.
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Sep 19, 2011
Wendy
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I read this partly for research of Edinburgh history for my next mystery novel, but fell in love with the story, and the writing. I was sorry to see it end. All humans can learn a lesson or two from this hardy, loyal, determined skye terrier. I am glad they kept his legacy and erected a statue in his honor.
Dec 25, 2008
Frank
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If you love dogs you will love this Scotish story of a dog totally devoted to his dead owner and what the dog went through in such devotion. This is based on a true story and there is even a statue in Edinbourgh, Scotland remembering this dog.
Feb 23, 2011
little
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i never thought that a dog could be really love its owner , although the owner was die, that dog never go awaya from him, and stay in his grave, really sooo sweet story of animal and the owner :')
Nov 05, 2010
I will finish this one day, when I have enough energy to muddle through the accents.
Feb 06, 2012
