The Black Poodle, F. Anstey
The Black Poodle, F. Anstey
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The Black Poodle

Author: F. Anstey

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 1 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/29/2013

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

When Algernon Weatherhead moves into Wisteria Villa, he finds himself living next door to the Currie family, who are besotted with their black poodle Bingo. Algernon falls in love with the Colonel Currie's adopted niece Lillian... but he cannot make friends with Bingo, a dog with a deeply psychotic desire to bite neighbours, tradespeople, the gardener and passers-by.

When Algernon shoots Bingo dead by accident, events lead to him burying the body in a shallow grave and pretending the dog has run away. But when Lillian makes it a condition of her agreeing to marry Algernon that he should find Bingo, he is left with a dilemma...the only solution is to find a doppelganger for Bingo and convince the Curries that it really is their dog.

About F. Anstey

Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856–1934) was an English novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Venera on September 04, 2018

'The return of Agamemnon' - by far THE best WITTY SARCASTIC story I've read hands down! It's perfect, it's SHARP, it's a real TREAT to read! So intricate and CLEVER that I haven't failed to wonder - how, just how one can come up with it. As for me, it can only be compared to the beginning of 'The Pr......more

Goodreads review by Neil on December 11, 2014

Some of the short stories in this volume are very good, although only two are the sort of supernatural comedies that Anstey was famous for these are The Wraith of Barnjum and (the best story in the book) The Curse of The Catafalques, some of the pieces are described as children's stories non of thes......more

Goodreads review by Claire on January 24, 2013

Downloaded for free on the Kindle App for mobile phone. Farcial and very funny, a collection of short stories from the author of Vice Versa (yes, the book on which the famous film is based!). I love it for light reading and will be downloading more!......more