What Is It With Authors and Their Pets?

Many authors have pets. I thought I’d speculate why that’s so.

by Alvesgaspar

by Habj

I did a little online research and came up with the following table of authors, their pet type and breed, and the pet name or names, if known. For the data in the table, I’m grateful to the bloggers here, here, and here.

Author Pet Type-Breed Pet Name(s) Michel de Montaigne Cat Samuel Johnson Cat Hodge Elizabeth Barrett Browning Dog – Cocker Spaniel Flush Edgar Allan Poe Cat Catterina Char...