A Dog's Tale
 Cover 1st edition | |
| Author | Mark Twain |
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| Illustrator | W.T. Smedley |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short Story |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
Publication date | 1904 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 55 [1] |
| ISBN | NA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany |
| Followed by | A Horse's Tale |
'A Dog's Tale' is a short story written by Mark Twain. It first appeared in the December 1903 issue of Harper's magazine. In January of the following year it was extracted into a stand-alone pamphlet published for the National Anti-Vivisection Society. Still later in 1904 it was expanded into a book published by Harper & Brothers.
Plot
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