Dogs bring loyalty, mischief and companionship to this collection of short fiction. Across different periods and places, writers explore the ties between people and their canine companions, finding humour, affection and loss in everyday encounters.

Selected by Diana Secker Tesdell, the anthology brings together voices including Anton Chekhov, Rudyard Kipling, P. G. Wodehouse, Patricia Highsmith and Doris Lessing. Their stories offer contrasting views of animals and the humans around them. This English-language hardback belongs to the Everyman’s Library Pocket Classics collection.