RED FOX

Who would have known that a 200 page book about the life of a single fox would be so compelling and interesting? Not that I had low standards when I started to read this. I thought it would be geared towards children, but I love foxes so planned to read it anyway.

The animals in the novel don't have anthropomorphic features, rather it follows adventures of the fox growing up and facing enemies (both human and animal). It is realistic to nature, still reads like a story, and the writing is excellent. This was written in 1905, but the novel is timeless.

Wikipedia tells me the author is “the Father of Canadian Poetry” and that doesn't surprise me at all. I will definitely be looking into more of his work in the future, and it's a shame that I was never introduced to Roberts before, despite his influence in Canadian literature.