Nello, an orphan living with his grandfather in a Flemish village near Antwerp, rescues Patrasche, a big work dog beaten nearly to death by a hardware dealer. Together they pull a milk cart into the city each day, while Nello dreams of becoming a painter and of seeing the hidden Rubens altarpieces in the cathedral, and his friendship with the miller’s daughter Alois draws her father’s suspicion.
Ouida’s 1872 tale of loyalty and poverty, famous for moving readers to tears. Download the free EPUB.