Most Popular Books by Eric Knight

The quintessential boy and his dog story. A time-tested favorite.

"First published as a short story in the Saturday evening Post"--Title page verso.

Eric Knight, the internationally known film reviewer of the 1930s and author of Lassie-Come-Home tells his story in his own words, with the help of Geoff Gehman.

Spending leave together on the South Coast during the Battle of Britain and the beginning of the blitz, Clive and Prudence have an affair. Having survived Dunkirk, but having a crisis of conscience over what the war is being fought for and disgusted at the incompetence of the ruling elite, Clive decides not to return to the Army and to go absent without leave. Deserving comparison to Hemingway''s "A Farewell to Arms", This Above All was heralded as the first great novel of the Second World War... and it is about the war, but first and last it is a great love story, a great adventure in thinking things through. This soldier, discharged on leave after hospitalization, meets a girl in uniform of the W.A.A.F’s - and they break through the barriers of tradition and class and come to understand what both of them really stand for.

These ten stories of Sam Small and other Yorkshiremen, were written by Eric Knight (of ''Lassie Come Home'' fame), with pride and a touch of homesickness, while ''in exile'' in America in the early 20th century. Sam Small is a brilliant creation, thick of accent but sharp of mind and with the power of flight! These stories are larger than life, full of improbable accounts and the humor that arises from clashes in culture, and all laced with traditional Yorkshire values and wit.

This is the story of Sam Small, a man from Yorkshire who wakes up one morning and decides that he can fly on his own two hands. So he does. This is for all those who know that dogs talk, Sundays can be repeated seven days in a row so that Monday never comes, and other dreamy escapism. You''ll have to read to believe how he learned to fly like a bird, by faith; how he changed a dog into a girl and back again; how he coped with the two selves of his split personality; and how he was called upon to explain the tricky foreign phrase, droit de seigneur, which said in effect that the duke of the neighboring parish was required by law to go to bed with Ian Cawper''s Mary Ann the night of their wedding. Here are fun humourous fantasies and shaggy dog stories by the author who would create "Lassie."

Lassie adlı köpeğin, insan ve hayvan dostlarının maceralarını konu alan bir roman.

Prawdziwa przyjaźń przezwycięży wszystkie przeszkody. Joe ma szczęśliwe dzieciństwo, dopóki jego rodzice nie wpadają w finansowe tarapaty. Sposobem na wyjście z kłopotów jest sprzedaż Lassie - ukochanego pupila chłopca. Załamany Joe musi pożegnać się z psem, który trafia do posiadłości księcia Rudlinga w dalekiej Szkocji. Czy ogromny dystans zakończy niezwykłą relację między człowiekiem a zwierzęciem? Utwór został wydany jako nowela, ale ze względu na popularność autor napisał na jego podstawie również powieść. W 1943 r. zekranizowano historię z udziałem 10-letniej Elizabeth Taylor. Doskonała pozycja dla młodych miłośników "O psie, który jeździł koleją". Eric Knight (1897-1943) - amerykański pisarz, najbardziej znany jako autor powieści młodzieżowej "Lassie, wróć!". Urodził się w Wielkiej Brytanii, dzieciństwo spędził w Afryce Południowej, a po śmierci ojca wraz z matką przeniósł się do USA. Pracował jako reporter i scenarzysta, hodował owczarki szkockie collie. Służył w armii, uzyskał stopień majora. Zginął na służbie, w wypadku samolotowym.

Lassie adalah anjing collie cantik dan pintar, kesayangan Joe Carraclough. Setiap hari Lassie menjemput Joe di sekolahnya. Ketika ayah Joe kehilangan pekerjaan, Lassie terpaksa dijual. Tiga kali Lassie kabur dari pemilik barunya dan pulang ke rumah Joe, namun selalu dikembalikan oleh ayah Joe. Akhirnya si pemilik baru membawa Lassie ke wilayah terpencil Skotlandia yang sangat jauh, supaya dia tak bisa pulang lagi ke rumah lamanya. Tapi Lassie bukan anjing sembarangan, keberanian dan rasa sayangnya kepada Joe membuatnya pantang menyerah untuk kembali pulang kepada teman kecilnya itu.

Twelve-year-old Joe Carraclough is heartbroken. Lassie, the family''s beloved collie, must be sold to the Duke of Rudling, a bad-tempered, wealthy old man. The Carracloughs are struggling through hard times and can''t afford to keep Lassie, who is without a doubt the finest collie in Yorkshire. The Duke sends Lassie to his estate in Scotland, four-hundred miles to the north, but Lassie will not be kept away from the family she loves. By instinct she starts the long journey south to find the home where she belongs. Filled with danger and adventure, this is the story of the love and loyalty shared by a boy and his dog. First published in 1940, the legendary Lassie Come-Home is sure to warm the hearts of yet another generation of readers.

A collie undertakes a thousand-mile journey in order to once again meet her former master at the school gate.