What works have a cat. The scientist cat from the poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by Alexander Pushkin. Fiery earth cat
It was the cats' turn. How many cats did Ernest Hemingway have? What writer believed that real men couldn't love cats? What cat did Joseph Brodsky look like? More details - in this article on "Lady Mail.Ru".
Six-fingered: heirs of the great Hemingway
In 1935 with light hand his friend Stanley Dexter, the American writer Ernest Hemingway became a cat lover: Dexter gave Hemingway an unusual kitten with six fingers on each foot. The kid was nicknamed Snowball (Snowball) and opened a whole "era of cats" in the life of the great writer. The cats in Hemingway's house were not translated - ten years later there were already more than 20. Today, the writer's house-museum in Key West (Florida) is home to many cats, including 44 descendants of Snowball, who inherited his six-fingered. A special commission recognized the cat kingdom as a national treasure. Cats roam freely around the museum and are universally respected.
Ernest Hemingway with one of his favorites
The prototype of Boy's cat from the book "Islands in the Ocean" was Hemingway's real cat named Uncle Willie. The cat was hit by a car, and in order to save him from torment, Hemingway had to shoot the animal. In a 1953 letter to his friend, the Venetian aristocrat Gianfranco Ivancic, Hemingway says: “I miss you very much, Uncle Willie. I've had to shoot people, but never at someone I knew and loved for 11 years. Someone who was purring with two broken legs. "
Tigercat and Whitepaw: the burden of human passions
Russian writer Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Lokhvitskaya, known under the pseudonym Teffi, sincerely did not understand how one could not love cats. “For me, a person, not loving cats, always suspicious, with a flaw, I guess. Defective. Even Vera Nikolaevna Bunina - why, it seems, she is kind and sweet, and that she does not tolerate cats, she is afraid of them, like a wall between her and me. There can be no real closeness, friendship between us. I always feel her alienation. I sympathize with her with restraint, I recognize all her indisputable qualities. But I can't forgive her cats. People for me are divided into those who love cats and who does not. A person who does not like cats will never be my friend. And vice versa, if he loves cats, I forgive him a lot for this and close my eyes to his shortcomings. For example, Khodasevich. He loved cats and even wrote poetry about his cat Mura ... "- memoirist Irina Odoevtseva reports Teffi's words.
Teffi sincerely did not understand how you can not love cats.
Teffi herself wrote a whole "cat epic", the main characters of which were Tigrokot and Whitepaw - the felines Tristan and Isolde or Romeo and Juliet.
General Grant and the Prophet Moses: More Than Just Cats
Mark Twain was very fond of animals: in his home "menagerie" were turtles, squirrels, dogs, cats. The latter he simply adored and treated them with great respect. “If it was possible to cross a person with a cat, it would improve the human breed, but it would harm the cat,” the writer sincerely believed. There were dozens of cats in Twain's house, but the favorite was a beautiful tricolor cat, who preferred to rest on a round dining table covered with a bright red tablecloth. Mark Twain never chased away his favorite, each time explaining to his daughters that red emphasizes the beauty of a cat's coat. In his story "Poop Wilson" Twain wrote: "They say that without a cat - well-fed, spoiled, accustomed to worship - ideal houses; maybe I don’t argue, but I haven’t come across proofs yet. ” Many cats "live" in the works of Mark Twain, and most of them do not bear nicknames, but worthy names: General Grant, General Gallet, Prophet Moses, Margaret, Captain Semms, Hores Greeley.
Mark Twain with one of his cats
Interestingly, Twain himself, when he happened to get angry ... snorted like a cat. His daughters Suzy, Clara and Jean called him "angry gray cat" for this, and to see him like that, they deliberately pissed off and shouted in full delight: "Oh, you nasty angry cat!"
Burly cat: favorite of the great poet
In the works of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, there are a lot of cats, both real and mystical, like the "scientist's cat" from the poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila". The poet was sympathetic to cats and allowed them to leave a mark not only in his own works. Pushkin was great master pencil drawing and cats were his favorites: he drew them in women's albums, on a piece of paper accidentally turned up, on the cloth of a card table. Most often, the poet depicted burly cats, sitting with their backs to the viewer, with attentive ears and a writhing tail, betraying tense anticipation or interest in something outside the field of the drawing.
Drawing by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
In the album of Elizaveta Nikolaevna Ushakova, Pushkin's drawings "tell" about mutual love the owner of the album and Sergei Dmitrievich Kiselev, who was nicknamed "Kis" (after the first letters of his surname). Hinting at the love of Elizabeth Nikolaevna, in one drawing Pushkin depicted a girl in the form of a cat, looking in love after a small, but brave-looking military man (S. Kiselev). The whole scene is watched by a burly cat in the poet's favorite pose.
Katarina: Black History
The favorite cat of the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, who is considered the founder of three genres in literature at once - thriller, science fiction and detective story, was called Katarina. It was she who "inspired" Poe to write the story "Black Cat", which has become a classic horror story.
The writer had a difficult life: his wife Virginia suffered from tuberculosis, he himself abused alcohol and they almost never got out of poverty. The cat was theirs faithful companion: She sat on Poe's shoulder when he worked, or snuggled up against Virginia, warming her in a poorly heated house.
Edgar Poe and Katarina
The writer loved his wife very much, but he was constantly tormented by the fear that he would raise his hand against her. This fear probably stemmed from feelings of guilt due to the fact that he could not provide for his wife a decent life... Even the cat seemed to serve Virginia better than he did. In the story "Black Cat" Po gave vent to his fears and complexes. People with a weak psyche and unstable nervous system not recommended to read.
Cat Flour: Bulgakov's "patient"
According to the testimony of the second wife of the writer Lyubov Evgenievna Belozerskaya, the prototype of the cat Behemoth, the character of the novel "Master I", the werewolf cat and the beloved jester Woland was their house cat The USB stick is a huge gray animal. Bulgakov only made the Behemoth black, since it is black cats that are traditionally considered to be associated with evil spirits.
Monument to Koroviev and Cat Behemoth in Moscow
There were several cats and cats in the Bulgakovs' house. One of them was called Muk, and her firstborn was Full House - in honor of the successful staging of Bulgakov's play "Zoykina's Apartment". In her memoirs, Lyubov Evgenievna writes: “MA never took the cat Muku in his arms - he was too squeamish, but he allowed it on his desk, putting a piece of paper under it. He made an exception before giving birth: a cat came to him and he massaged it. "
Cats: only for women
The stories of the well-known collection, Fairy Tales, were invented by Rudyard Kipling for his children and niece. However, despite the fiction, the "cat that walked by itself" also had a real prototype - a Siamese cat, presented to Kipling's wife Caroline during their honeymoon trip... This cat loved to leave the house at night and wander around wild forest... He returned in the morning as if nothing had happened.
Rudyard Kipling and his famous story about a cat that walked by itself
Kipling himself was indifferent to cats, he loved dogs more, therefore the end of the famous fairy tale is not surprising: “... to this day, three out of five Men - if they are real Men - throw different subjects into the Cat, wherever it catches their eyes, and all the Dogs - if they are real Dogs - every one of them drives her up the tree. "
Marina Tsvetaeva wrote about cats and cats not only in poetry, they surrounded her in real life: “A gray fluffy smoky green-eyed cat sprawled on my desk. I shout: "Seryozhenka, come here, see how Athos sleeps!" A huge cat lies on its back, twisting slightly, paws up, enjoying sleep as soon as cats can. Detached. Selflessly. "
Marina Tsvetaeva with her husband Sergei Efron and children - Alya and Georgy
The Tsvetaeva family also called each other “like a cat”: Marina called her husband Sergei Efron Leo, Leva, he called her Lynx, Rysikha, their daughters Ariadna and Irina were called kittens by their parents - this was part of them “ family fairy tale". When, in 1925, the couple had a son, George, his mother came up with a domestic "cat" name for him - Moore.
According to the memoirs of the bibliophile Moisey Lesman, Anna Akhmatova could not stand in people an excessive love for animals, but she also disliked the bad attitude towards them. Akhmatova herself noted the natural grace and beauty of cats, but she had no particular predilection for them. She put up with the presence of animals in the lives of other people and responded to the feline affection with gratitude. In Akhmatova's poems, there are many "cat" traces, and in her memoirs every now and then there are neighbors' cats. Akhmatova sends them greetings and kisses in letters: "I kiss you, Anyuta and all the cats (how many)?" Or at the end of another letter: “My dear, it's been a week since I've been home. Everything is peaceful and safe here. The cats are young and beautiful ... "At the dacha in Komarovo, Akhmatova's neighbors had a very noisy, violent and huge ginger cat named Gluck, about which she said:" Well, you know, this is no longer a cat, this is a whole cat and a half. " Anna Akhmatova also believed that this ginger cat is very similar to Joseph Brodsky.
Cat and a half: everything is like in the movies
Cats occupied a special place in the life of Joseph Brodsky. The family where he grew up often used "cat" words - "meow", "mur-meow" "mur-mur-meow" - to express the most different feelings... Even the poet himself often ended phone conversation with family and friends, saying: "Meow meow!" In Brodsky's letters to friends, on the books presented to him, there are many drawings of cats made by the poet himself. One of his later essays on poetry is called Cat Meow. In Andrei Khrzhanovsky's film "Cat One and a Half", dedicated to Joseph Brodsky, the cat is the poet's alter ego: the most different cats drawn and alive.
The learned cat Murr from ETA Hoffmann's "The Life of the Murr Cat" is perhaps the most classic cat in literature. His views are studied in universities.
This satirical novel, published in 1819-1821, is considered the best work of Hoffmann.
Murr the cat is a descendant of the famous Hinz von Hinzenfeld (more known to the world like Puss in Boots) - expounds his worldly views, using the biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler as blotting paper.
Puss in Boots Charles Perrault: the most fabulous
Charles Perrault's fairy tale appeared in the 17th century and is still loved by adults and children; more than one cartoon, a feature film and even an opera have been staged based on it.
Everyone knows the plot of this fairy tale: the cat, which went to the poor son of the miller after the death of his father, becomes a magical helper, with the help of which the young man overcomes all difficulties and receives the royal castle and the love of the princess.
Behemoth cat Mikhail Bulgakov: the most demonic
Cheerful and scary at the same time, this is one of the most popular characters in The Master and Margarita.
Once upon a time, many centuries ago, a certain knight joked unsuccessfully, and he had to become a jester in the form of a cat in the retinue of Messir Woland.
Lewis Carroll's Cheshire cat: the most mysterious
V English language there is a saying “grin like Cheshire Cat". Her exact origin is unknown, but she probably became the source for the appearance of this curious image.
Dewey's library cat Vicky Myron: the most modern cat
The book "The cat from the library, which shook the whole world" was published in 2008. This touching book by writer Vicki Myron, which tells the story of a cat from Iowa, will make you cry, laugh and think about a lot.
Unlike other characters, Dewey is a real-life cat who lived for 19 years in the library of the small town of Spencer and became a real mascot not only for the library, but for the entire city.
The director of the library was Vicki Myron.
Thomasina Paula Galliko's cat: the most incredible
The love story of the girl Mary and the cat Thomasina was able to overcome even death. Mary's father, a veterinarian, decided to put Thomasina to sleep rather than treat her. But after the funeral, the cat resurrected - it happened ordinary miracle... Based on the book, the film "Thomasina's Three Lives" was filmed.
The Cat That Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling: The Most Independent
This tale by Kipling tells of the beginning of time. From it we learn how domestic animals lived when they were wild and when people were also wild. And like a clever cat made an agreement with people, but continued to walk by itself in the wild forest, waving its wild tail.
Continuing the "cat" theme and replenishing our "virtual" library of books about cats, we decided to present a list of fiction books about cats and cats, compiled by our bibliographers. At the end of the bibliographic description, the storage locations of the books (storage signals) are indicated.
1. Basmanova E. Cat of Mrs. Bryukhovets: [novel] / E. Basmanova, D. Veresov. - St. Petersburg: Neva; M .: Olma-Press, 2002 .-- 319 p. - (Big city lights).
Who would have thought that at the beginning of the 20th century young girl will be able to open a private detective agency! However, Moore succeeded. The first order is to find a missing cat of a rare breed. The capricious client herself compiled a list of versions for Mura.
Storage location: f. eleven
2.Belyanin A.O. Diary of a cat with a lemonade name... - M .: Armada: Alfa-kn., 2007 .-- 346 p. - (Andrey Belyanin is his friends).
Do you think the cat of famous science fiction writers has a sweet life? No matter how it is! After all, the owners get all the laurels: big fees, trips to conventions in other cities, and, finally, prizes and recognition of readers ?! Nobody knows the truth about the fact that ... the cat writes books for them. And you don't believe, do you? But in vain. No exit plowing at the computer, nasty things called "Whiskas", back pain - this is the lot of a literary slave. Moreover, this impudent fish in the aquarium, which is always hiding at the very bottom, is constantly annoying.
Storage location: f. 32
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Big cat book
: fairy tales: [for art. doshk. age]. - M .: Eksmo: Natalis, 2012 .-- 136 p. - Contents: Afanasyev, A.N. Cat and fox; Afanasyev, A.N. Cat and dog; Gorky, M. Vorobishko; Krylov, I.A. Pike and cat; Mamin-Sibiryak, D.N. Parable about milk, oatmeal and gray cat Murke; Tolstoy, A.N. Owl and cat; Tolstoy, A.N. Vaska the cat; Tolstoy, L.N. Kitty; Ushinsky, K. D. Creepy cat; Ushinsky, K. D. Eagle and cat; Ushinsky, K. D. Cat; Ushinsky, K. D. Vaska; Black, S. About the cat; Black, S. Enemies.
Colorfully designed collection of stories and poems about cats.
Storage location: Form 14
4. Boyashov I. Way of Muri : Novel. - SPb .: Limbus Press, K.Tublin Publishing House, 2007. - 232 p. - (National bestseller -2007).
An entertaining parable novel. Against the background of the adventures of the ordinary cat Muri, who lost its owners during the war in Bosnia and is now walking across Europe to find them, very serious issues are being resolved.
"Muri's Way" is a book that everything in the world is reasonable, only some manifestations of reason look very stupid. And that for someone on the way, the most important thing is the goal, and for someone the path itself is the goal, but all this is unimportant, the main thing is to move. The mind cannot be at rest, it wanders forever, from one monastery to another, from one star to another, according to seabed, under the clouds - in Boyashov's novel, the whole Earth is felt as an accumulation of intelligent mass flying in the middle of the abyss, and who will answer if the planet has a purpose? / Ksenia Rozhdestvenskaya
Storage: f.1,8,10,11,14,22,26,27,31,32
5. Brown L.J.The cat who lived luxuriously: [novels]. - SPb .: Amphora, 2006 .-- 496 p. - (The cat who ...) (Bestseller " New york Times "No. 1). - Contents: The cat who lived luxuriously; The cat who was friends with the cardinal.
Heroes Brown Lillian Jackson -
journalist Jim Qwilleran with his pet cat is not inferior in charm to the famous Poirot, and the skill of her detective novels to the famous works of Agatha Chrisi. Brown is the famous creator of the novels in the "The Cat Who ..." series. The first book in the series was written by her in 1966. Then there was a break - for twenty years! - and then the books of this series gained such popularity that the writer had to communicate with "Cats" for about ten more years. The result was twenty-eight volumes, and a Brown Fan Club was formed on the Internet. A separate cookbook was published, which included recipes for all the dishes ever eaten by the heroes of the series, including cats.
Storage location: ab, form 14-22
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Brown L.J.The cat who sniffed the glue: [novels]. - SPb. : Amphora, 2006 .-- 430 p. - (The cat that ...) (New York Times # 1 bestseller). - Content: The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare; The cat who sniffed the glue.
Storage: ab, f.1,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,32
7.Brown L.J. The cat who robbed the bank: [collection of novels]. - SPb: Amphora, 2007 .-- 526 p. (The cat who ...) (Bestseller " New Nork Times ").
Storage: ab, kx, f. 1,8,10, 11, 14, 18,20,22,23,26,31,32
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Brown L.J.The cat that talked to ghosts: [novels]. - SPb .: Amphora, 2006 .-- 496 p. - (The cat that ...) (New York Times # 1 bestseller). - Contents: The cat that walked underground; The cat that talked to ghosts.
Storage: yua, f.1,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13
9.Brown L.J. The cat who gazed at the stars: novels. - SPb: Amphora, 2006 .-- 526 p. (The cat who ...).
Storage location: ab, kkh, all fil.
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Brown L.J.The cat that got the applause: [novels]. - SPb .: Amphora, 2007 .-- 477 p. - (The cat that ...) (New York Times # 1 bestseller). - Content: The cat, who swam up the stream; The cat who got the applause.
Storage: yua, f.8,10,11,14,20,22,26,32
11. Bulychev K. Reason for a cat : a collection of fantastic stories. - M .: AST, 2002 .-- 445 p. - (Worlds of Kira Bulychev).
The cat's task is to eat fish from a bowl, drink milk with sour cream, and roll on the floor, taking beautiful poses... At home the cat is the most honorable place. But then an alien appears with a remedy rapid development mental abilities, and, you see, your Mouse will beat you at chess tomorrow and talk about the weather for the week. Trouble will arise then ...
Storage location: yua, f. 15
12. Vago M.
Black cat's notes: [for reading by adults to children]; per. with it. - M .: TriMag, 2007. - 28p .: tsv.il.
Interesting notes on behalf of the cat, which was the only "child" in the family, and everyone petted and petted him until a rival appeared - Small child... Everyone forgot about him, there is noise and din in the house, the child builds houses on the tail of the cat, they want to feed the poor animal with the remains of baby porridge and all that ... As a result, the child grew up and went to kindergarten, the cat began to miss the child, and the child without a cat. They found each other!
Storage location: f. 32
13. Vorontsov N. Cats: Scruffy encyclopedia. - M .: AST, SPb: Astrel-SPb, 2008 .-- 127s.
The book is an informational guide for beginners-kisulek and complete cats-ochlamons. It contains a large number of healthy and tasty mewter for kitties.
Storage location: Form 14
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Gardner E.S.Detective novels
... - Baku: Olympus, 1992-1993. - (Adventure Library) (Detectives).
T. 5... - 1992 .-- 448 p .: ill. - From the content: The gatekeeper's cat.
The famous lawyer Perry Mason, despite the ridicule of his colleagues, undertakes to defend the interests of ... a Persian cat. After all, a murderous struggle for inheritance unfolded around the innocent animal. Perry Mason will have to use all his connections, knowledge and logic to sort out several murders and save an unjustly accused woman from court.
Storage location: file 18
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Georgiev S.Feline spell: a fairy tale. - M .: Rosmen, 2006 .-- 223 p.: Ill. - (Our fantasy).
The most powerful wizard Valery Ivanovich Kirillov lives in the city with the cheerful name Shutikhinsk, who often turns into a cat, and sometimes travels to Australia with migratory sparrows. Once he turned a harmless third-grader Vitya Bubentsov into a bully Pashka Moshkin, and Moshkin, on the contrary, into Bubentsov. And, as luck would have it, he forgot the magic spell to disenchant them.
Storage location: f.19,20,21,29
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Gofman E.T.A. The worldly views of Murr the cat
: [novel: trans. with it.]. - M .: AST Moscow: Guardian, 2008 .-- 415p.
The history of political storms in Germany - through the eyes of an intelligent cat-conformist, philosopher and convinced epicurean. Brilliant knowledge of human and feline nature.
“With the confidence and calmness characteristic of a true genius, I pass on my biography to the world, so that everyone can see the ways in which cats achieve greatness, so that everyone knows what my perfections are, love, appreciate me, admire me and even revere me. If anyone dares to question the high merits of this wonderful book, then let him not forget that he will have to deal with smart cat who has in stock sharp tongue and no less sharp claws. "
Storage location: yua, ab, kkh, f.12.16
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Zulkarnaeva Sh.N. The Adventures of the Cat Baron: a story in two parts. - Ufa: Kitap, 2010 .-- 216 p .: ill.
Complex interweaving of relations between man and “our smaller brothers”. The characters of the animal world with whom the hero meets are endowed with human qualities, good deeds prevail in their behavior. The author tries to tune the reader to generosity, tolerance and compassion.
Storage location: f. 15
18. V.P. Krapivin Knight of the transparent cat : [story]. - Nizhny Novgorod: Nizhkniga, 1994 .-- 496s.
One summer, brother and sister Lesha and Dasha accidentally discovered that Ykhalo, the Shadow of the transparent cat Filaret, and a whole company of amazing creatures lived in their house. Having made friends with them, the guys learn about the state of Astralia, and at the special invitation of its Chief Magician Lesha goes to this fairy land where incredible adventures await him.
Storage location: 22
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Kulikova G. Cat patrol: [novel]. - M .: Astrel: AST, 2007 .-- 318 p. - (Ironic detective).
Private detective Arseny Kudesnikov is ready to take on any business that promises him a profit, even if it is suspicious and threatens with trouble. Can unleash a murder, can take up the search for the missing beloved dog. True, Kudesnikov has one eccentricity - he never parted with his Persian cat Mercedes, inherited by him after his divorce from his wife.
Storage location: 11
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Murphy S. Cat at an impasse
... - M .: Book. club 36.6, 2005 .-- 317s. - (Luxurious detective).
Gray Joe is an extraordinary cat with an ordinary human intellect, a keen sense of justice, and an adorable feline ability to sniff out and track everyone down. With his friend, the adorable cat thief Dulcie, Gray Joe uncovers the most mysterious crimes that lead people to a dead end ...
Storage location: 23
21. By E. Black Cat... - SPb: Krstall, 2001 .-- 223 p. - (Old style).
A short story about human fall. Black cat, formerly at firstthe owner's favorite, dies at his own hand. And in the final - another cat, but almost an exact copy of the deceased, denounces the killer, who immured the cat along with the corpse of his wife. The black cat, which was at first Gloomy, as, however, always with Edgar Alan Poe.
Storage location: f. 1
What cats are made of, their internal structure, the laws that act and do not act on them, their thoughts, what they eat and what they drink - with the awareness of the responsibility and importance of the mission carried out to convey feline truth to the masses, describes the genius of the artistic humorous word Terry Pratchett ...
Storage location: yua, form 14
23. Sepúlveda L.Mom-cat, or a story about a cat, who taught the seagull to fly: for those who are young, from 8 to 88. - SPb .: Azbuka-klassika, 2005. - 158 p .: tsv.il. - (Very cool book).
In the story told by Luis Sepúlveda, a Chilean writer, kind and reasonable cats live and act, who can meow at different languages, brave seagulls, there are harmful creatures, for example, rats and vicious chimpanzees, bull cats. There is also a very kind boy rescuing kittens from a harmful pelican, and a man flying on the wings of words - a poet! Cat Zorbas, the main character, managed to meow with him once humanly. Oh, that was a terrible violation of the feline taboo. To humans, cats and cats can only say "meow", "mur-mur" and that's it! ..
Cats and cats today are perhaps one of the most popular characters. Their photographs are replete with the Internet, videos are filmed about them and even books are written. We collected 10 best books on a cat theme. Readers, and yes ... May the cat's blessing be with you! Meow!
1. "Notes of the Cat Shish kebab" by Alex Exler
Have you ever wondered what thoughts are swarming in your cat's head? Are you sure that he loves you and climbs on his knees to demonstrate this? Have you ever tried to guess what this meowing creature thinks of you?
The answers to all these questions can be found in the book "Notes of the Cat Shashlik". Exler's story will surely be appreciated not only by the owners of cats, but also by connoisseurs of witty and light reading.
2. "Unadorned cat" by Terry Pratchett
If at first there was a word, then this word is necessarily "cat". This truth is proclaimed to the people of the nations by the cat god through his obedient student Terry Pratchett.
"Unadorned cat" is a real gospel of the cat breed, from which you can learn everything about cats: what they are made of, what they eat and drink, what laws they will obey. It remains to add that the book is accompanied by bright pictures the remarkable English graphic artist Gray Jolliffe.
3. "Cat for Christmas" by Cleveland Emory
Cleveland Emory is an American journalist and historian who is also known as the founder of the Animal Welfare Fund. His book "Cat for Christmas" is a tribute of admiration and love to furry favorites, from whom, according to the author, there is a lot to learn.
4. "Cat Tales" by James Harriott
The stories of James Harriott, English writer and veterinarian, have long won the recognition of Russian readers. The main characters of his new book are graceful cats who are not only deeply attached to their owner, but also fill the house with joy and comfort. The book was written with great love for animals and with purely English humor.
5. "A Street Cat Called Bob" by James Bowen
In this story, the two main characters are James Bowen, a London street musician, and red-haired Bob, a London street cat. They were homeless and lonely, but one day they met each other ...
James died from drugs and despair, his life had no meaning until a four-legged friend appeared in it, who helped him cope with problems, brought good luck and became a real guardian angel.
6. "Dewey. The Cat from the Library Who Shook the World" by Vicky Myron
How many lives does a cat have? What experiences can an animal endure? You can learn about this and much more by reading the story of an unfortunate foundling kitten who turned a provincial American town into a famous one all over the world. The amazing book by Vicky Myron managed to touch the souls of millions of readers in all corners of the planet.
7. "The Extraordinary Cat and Its Ordinary Owner: A Love Story" by Peter Gieters
"The Extraordinary Cat and Its Ordinary Owner: A Love Story" by Peter Gieters
Peter Geters wrote a biography of his wonderful cat for 10 years, and in free time worked hard to become a publisher, screenwriter and writer. And although Peter never liked cats, it was only 15 minutes for him to give his heart to the fold kitten Norton. Now the fluffy ball teaches Peter how to be happy, and he himself brings him happiness ...
8. "Don't trust cats!" Gilles Legardinier
Julie Tournelle is a resident of a small French town. She works at a bank, meets with friends, and calls her parents on Saturdays. Continuous routine. But it lasts dearly until the moment when a mysterious tenant with an unusual name appears in the house.
9. "Cleo. How One Cat Saved an Entire Family" by Helen Brown
First, trouble came to their house, and immediately after it a black kitten rolled in a small fluffy lump. A baby named Cleopatra, who immediately turned into Cleo, seemed to fill the entire space. And the trouble receded. This Touching story about how the most ordinary, very hooligan and headstrong, but kind and affectionate cat, who accidentally fell into the Helen Brown family, helped people return the joy of life, to accept the world as it is.
10. "Cats Daughters. Cats and Daughters Who Don't Always Come When Their Names" Helen Brown
It seems that Cleo immediately realized that she came to us at a difficult time. Through games, purring and just being around all the time, Cleo helped Rob learn to live without her older brother. That was the first time I saw with my own eyes how animals can heal. "Thus began the story of friendship between Cleo the cat and Helen's family, which lasted for many years. Twenty-five years later, when Helen's difficulties began again, a Siamese (presumably!) Kitten burst into her life ...
World literature is impossible to imagine
without images of cats. About works
in which appear or play the main role
cats, you can write more than one thesis.
Let's remember the famous literary characters -
cats and cats, on the International Day of cats on March 1!
Cats live on the pages of our first books and in cartoons for toddlers.
And we are with early childhood we are convinced of the extraordinary character and intelligence of these
outstanding animals.
Many probably remember the tale of Vladimir Grigorievich Suteev "Cat-fisher", which
he himself illustrated and based on which a cartoon was shot in 1964. The fishing cat turned out to be
incomparably smarter than other animals - a bear, a wolf and even a sly fox,
and deftly conducted them all!
And what can we say about the fabulous Puss in Boots! When younger brother got
inherited a cat, the guy was terribly depressed: “Brothers, he said,“ can honestly earn
their bread, if only they stick together. And what will become of me after I
eat my cat and make a muff out of his skin? Just die of hunger! " Thank God,
smart cat escaped the terrible fate of turning into a clutch and helped his owner find
happiness and wealth.
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Cats are not only smart, but also unusually kind and peaceful - is there a prettier hero,
than the charming cat Leopold from a series of cartoons based on a script by Arkady Hayt (1975-93)? Leopold
with his famous "guys, let's live together!" can be called a feline "Prince Myshkin".
Coming out of infancy, we start reading stories about animals and get to know
new feline characters, noble, affectionate and beautiful. Such is Yu-yu,
the cat of Alexander Kuprin, about which he wrote the story of the same name in 1927. About
at the same time, Canadian Ernest Seton-Thompson, author of the famous "Animal Tales",
writes one of his best works - "The Slum Cat", in literal translation
"Slum Cat". To the Russian-speaking reader, the story is known as "Royal
Analostanka ". Seton-Thompson illustrated his stories himself.
As you know, since ancient times, cats, especially black ones, have been attributed to unkind magical
properties, and echoes of this bad reputation of innocent creatures are also reflected in world literature.
The black cat often becomes the hero of mystical works in the "horror" genre. And why not
recall the classic story "Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, which tells how mystical
the cat helped expose the crime of its master, who ended up on the gallows! The story was
written in 1843, and in 1934 a horror film of the same name was shot on it.
Guy de Maupassant's story "Misty" (1884) is perceived as a warning: lover
lost his eyes, the cat thrown out the window broke his neck, and all because the animal was jealous
unhappy lover to his mistress!
One of the most significant works on the cat theme - "The worldly views of Murr the cat"
(1819-1821) is a satirical and at the same time very thoughtful novel by a German writer
romance by Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. A novel that combines the funny with the tragic is considered
the pinnacle of the writer's creativity. The book is a confession of the learned cat Murr, but when
the preparation of the work for printing, there was an embarrassment: the cat, expounding his worldly views, tore at
parts of the first book that fell into his paws from the library of the owner, the brilliant composer Johannes
Kreisler to use the torn pages "partly for laying, partly for drying."
Kreisler's biography fell under the cat's paws, and through an oversight these pages were printed
parallel to the thoughts of the cat.
Cats were discussed not only in Europe. "Notes on a Cat City" - a satirical pamphlet of the Chinese
written by Lao She published in 1932. The action takes place on Mars, where it seems that there is
a civilization of creatures that look like cats. Cat City is the capital of the state, in
ruled by the Great Miao. Cats helped the writer achieve with the tragicomic
the effect of deep social generalizations.
Illustration for "Notes on the Cat City" by Lao She.
Among the most perfect and most accurate cat images- "The cat that walked by itself"
from the tale of Rudyard Kipling (1902). Who better than Kipling conveyed the original feline quality -
striving for freedom and independence?