A review by msjoanna
Barks and Purrs by Colette

5.0

Demonstrating that feelings about cats and dogs have been consistent for the past 100 years, this 1904 book reads as if it were written last week for the Barnes and Noble gift table. Well, actually, it reads much better than that because Colette really captures the attitude and tone of a standoffish cat and a rambunctious bulldog. The book is really a collection of seven short episodes plus a prologue and mostly involves the two pets talking to each other. The readers for the public domain librivox edition did a fabulous job bringing this to life. This was just the right bit of amusing fluff to lighten a very dark mood today.