Five memorable pets in literature

Adam Thorpe is a poet, playwright and novelist...and a translator of Madame Bovary.

"Pets are said to reflect their owners, which makes them a godsend to novelists," writes Thorpe in Telegraph, "but they can also serve as counterpoints, bringing a deeper colouration to a character, or – as in The Hound of the Baskervilles – a growl of terror."

One entry on Thorpe's list of memorable pets in