Project Gutenberg 2001-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 293 Saunders, Marshall 1861 1947 Saunders, Margaret Marshall Butterworth, Hezekiah 1839 1905 Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography Produced by David Reed, and David Widger "Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography" by Marshall Saunders is a fictional narrative written in the late 19th century. The book presents the story of Beautiful Joe, an ordinary dog reflecting on his life experiences, particularly focusing on themes of cruelty to animals and the quest for kindness and understanding from humans. The narrative includes characters such as Beautiful Joe, his cruel former owner Jenkins, and the compassionate Morris family who rescue and care for him. The opening of the book introduces Beautiful Joe as he shares his early life marked by abuse at the hands of a cruel milkman. He narrates the painful memories of witnessing the mistreatment of his mother and siblings, ultimately culminating in his own brutal mutilation. Just as hope seems lost, a compassionate young man intervenes and rescues Joe, taking him to a new home with the Morris family. Here, Joe begins to experience love and empathy, as well as the promise of a happier existence, leading to significant transformations in his life. The introductory chapters establish a strong contrast between the cruelty he endured and the kindness he begins to encounter, setting the tone for a powerful exploration of the human-animal bond. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Dogs -- Fiction Didactic fiction Canada -- Fiction Animal welfare -- Fiction Human-animal relationships -- Fiction Dog owners -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 570106 570107 2024-10-02T04:58:26.232781 2023-10-02T04:58:06.547702 text/html text/html 584111 2021-01-27T12:43:01 text/html; charset=utf-8 191924 2021-01-27T12:43:01 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 279174 2024-10-02T04:58:35.734670 application/epub+zip 289265 2024-10-02T04:58:29.847704 application/epub+zip 269395 2024-10-02T04:58:28.453760 application/epub+zip 510608 2024-10-02T04:58:40.362619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474087 2024-10-02T04:58:34.846667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425289 2022-09-02T06:10:41.688961 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491004 490981 2024-10-02T04:58:25.321695 2023-10-02T04:58:05.673690 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 495979 2018-03-16T10:58:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 183698 2018-03-16T10:59:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 490748 2008-12-08T11:26:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 183121 2008-12-08T11:26:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23401 2024-10-02T04:58:40.700610 application/rdf+xml 13909 2024-10-02T04:58:29.018781 image/jpeg 3236 2024-10-02T04:58:28.738730 image/jpeg 271133 2024-10-02T04:58:26.279735 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia