The Plague Dogs
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The Plague Dogs is a dark, emotionally powerful novel by Richard Adams that follows two escaped laboratory dogs as they struggle for freedom and survival while exposing animal cruelty and media sensationalism.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Plague Dogs canonical | 4 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
animated film
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literaryWork ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| author | Richard Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Plague Dogs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
satire of bureaucracy
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social commentary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
British media
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animal testing laboratory ⓘ |
| director | Martin Rosen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| follows | two escaped laboratory dogs ⓘ |
| genre |
animal novel
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dark fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Plague Dogs (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInSeriesRelation | Watership Down NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | realist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Rowf
NERFINISHED
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Snitter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterSpecies | dog ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional intensity
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graphic depiction of animal experimentation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| publisher | Allen Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| setIn |
Cumbria
NERFINISHED
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Lake District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesAuthorWith | Watership Down NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
animal cruelty
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animal experimentation ⓘ animal rights ⓘ ethics of science ⓘ freedom ⓘ government secrecy ⓘ human–animal relationship ⓘ media sensationalism ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| tone |
dark
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tragic ⓘ |
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