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Resumo de Bob, Filho da Batalha
- 8 min de leitura
- 11 parts
- Áudio em breve
A gray sheepdog and a tailless yellow brute fight for one silver Cup beneath Muir Pike.
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Bob, Filho da Batalha em resumo
Resumo: 8 min de leitura
- Tempo de leitura
- Cerca de 5 h4 h fast, 6 h slow
- Duração
- 71.800 palavras
- Nível na biblioteca
- Médio longer sentences, everyday words
- Primeira publicação
- 1898by Alfred Ollivant
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Bob, Filho da Batalha in short
Bob, Son of Battle follows a feud between two farms under Muir Pike. At Kenmuir lives Owd Bob, the gentle gray sheepdog of James Moore. At the Grange lives Red Wull, the tailless brute of Adam M'Adam.
What Bob, Filho da Batalha is about
Can a dog be a gentleman? Old Tammas Thornton thinks so. He stands on a ladder in a stackyard beneath Muir Pike, telling anyone who will listen that the Gray Dogs of Kenmuir cannot be beaten.
Bob, Son of Battle is a novel by Alfred Ollivant, set among the lonely sheep farms of the northern Dales. It follows Owd Bob, the quiet gray sheepdog of James Moore, and Red Wull, the huge tailless brute of the bitter Scotsman Adam M'Adam. Between them stands David, M'Adam's son. You will meet a feud that grows from small insults into something darker, and a killer that stalks the flocks.
Para quem é. Readers who love dog stories, stormy moorlands, sheepdog trials and bitter family rivalries will enjoy this novel. It also suits those drawn to loyalty under strain.
The story in 11 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A young gray dog begins his work
The story begins at Kenmuir, a low gray farmhouse beneath Muir Pike. Old Tammas Thornton has served the Moores for more than fifty years and cannot stop praising the Gray Dogs, the line of sheepdogs the family has bred for generations.
He has fresh proof in young Bob. That morning a loose bull marched into the yard and knocked over the milk pail. Bob, not yet a year old, dodged every charge, nipped the bull by the tail and drove it back to its stall.
The Master, James Moore, is a lean, weather-beaten man who says little and means all of it.
The first lesson of the book is that a good dog carries a whole community's pride.
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The bitter little man at the Grange
Across the stream lives Adam M'Adam, a small, sallow Scotsman with a sharp tongue.
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Red Wull is bought and first blood is drawn
When M'Adam's old collie dies, he stops one wet evening at an inn.
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A boy stands between two homes
David's life at the Grange is a struggle with his father and the dog.
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The White Winter and a death at Kenmuir
The next autumn brings the White Winter, the worst in living memory.
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The funeral coat and the Cup
On the day of the funeral David borrows M'Adam's best black coat without asking.
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The Black Killer stalks the Dale
After Bob's first win, M'Adam grows white-haired and strange.
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David and Maggie, and a shot in the night
David and Maggie have drifted apart, because she acts like a grown woman and he likes to tease.
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Fathers, sons and the loyalty of dogs
Loyalty is the book's chief theme, and it takes several forms.
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Outsiders, judgment and the plea for charity
The second theme is how a community judges one of its own.
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How the story is told
The narrator speaks warmly of the Dale and its people, like a local who has known them for years.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Owd Bob The calm gray sheepdog of Kenmuir, last of the Gray Dogs, who guards the Moores and wants only to do his work well.
- James Moore The tall, grave Master of Kenmuir, honest and proud, who wants to protect his family, his dog and the boy next door.
- Adam M'Adam The sharp-tongued little Scotsman of the Grange, bitter since his wife's death, who wants to win the Cup and be respected.
- Red Wull M'Adam's huge tailless yellow dog, savage with everyone but his master, who wants to prove himself the best in the North.
- David M'Adam M'Adam's fair-haired son, big and cheeky, who finds a second home at Kenmuir and wants to marry Maggie.
- Maggie Moore The Master's daughter, who runs Kenmuir after her mother's death and wants David safe and her family together.
- Tammas Thornton The old, quick-witted farmhand who tells endless stories of the Gray Dogs and wants to see the Cup stay at Kenmuir.
- Parson Leggy The bluff old minister and sheepdog expert, who wants peace in his sprawling parish and tries to mend the feud.
How it ends (spoiler)
Owd Bob wins the Shepherds' Trophy outright. Later James Moore and Andrew approach a dead sheep at the Devil's Bowl, expecting to catch Red Wull, but the moonlight reveals Owd Bob standing beside the body. M'Adam, who knew, shields his dog and Moore keeps his secret. The Dale's dogs then kill Red Wull, and M'Adam is found dead beside him, clutching his wife's picture. David marries Maggie.
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Dúvidas sobre Bob, Filho da Batalha
What is Bob, Son of Battle about?
It follows two rival sheepdogs in the northern Dales. Owd Bob, a gentle gray dog, belongs to James Moore, while the fierce Red Wull belongs to the bitter Adam M'Adam. Their feud spreads to their owners, the Dale Cup, and a sheep killer.
Who is the Tailless Tyke?
The Tailless Tyke is the Dalesmen's name for Red Wull, M'Adam's huge tawny dog whose tail was docked when he was a puppy. Tyke means a rough dog, and the name fits his fighting reputation.
What is the Dale Cup, or Shepherds' Trophy?
It is the silver cup awarded at the Northern Sheepdog Trials in Silverdale. Winning it three times would let a shepherd keep it outright, so it becomes the focus of the rivalry between Kenmuir and the Grange.
Is Bob, Son of Battle a true story?
No, it is a novel, though it draws on real sheepdog trials and farm life in the northern hills. Alfred Ollivant published it around the end of the nineteenth century, and the characters and places are invented.
Is Bob, Son of Battle easy to read?
The story moves quickly through short chapters full of lively dialogue, humor, and vivid scenes of storms and sheepdog contests. The Dale speech is light, and the plot is easy to follow from chapter to chapter.
Cite esta edição
Ollivant, Alfred. Bob, Son of Battle. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/bob-son-of-battle.
Ollivant, A. (2026). Bob, son of Battle. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/bob-son-of-battle (Original work published 1898)
Ollivant, Alfred. Bob, Son of Battle. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/bob-son-of-battle.
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