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Hugh Lofting, a British author who also drew the pictures, published The Story of Doctor Dolittle in 1920, with a subtitle promising an account of the doctor's peculiar life at home and his astonishing adventures in foreign parts.
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- —Introduction5 min
- 1Hugh Walpole3 min
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- 2Puddleby4 min
- 3Animal Language11 min
- 4More Money Troubles6 min
- 5A Message from Africa6 min
- 6The Great Journey6 min
- 7Polynesia and the King6 min
- 8The Bridge of Apes8 min
- 9The Leader of the Lions6 min
- 10The Monkeys’ Council4 min
- 11The Rarest Animal of All7 min
- 12The Black Prince6 min
- 13Medicine and Magic10 min
- 14Red Sails and Blue Wings5 min
- 15The Rats’ Warning5 min
- 16The Barbary Dragon7 min
- 17Too-Too, the Listener6 min
- 18The Ocean Gossips6 min
- 19Smells10 min
- 20The Rock7 min
- 21The Fisherman’s Town6 min
- 22Home Again4 min
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Hugh Walpole
Contents
INTRODUCTION vii CHAPTER PAGE I PUDDLEBY 1 II ANIMAL LANGUAGE 7 III MORE MONEY TROUBLES 19 IV A MESSAGE FROM AFRICA 29 V THE GREAT JOURNEY 37 VI POLYNESIA AND THE KING 47 VII THE BRIDGE OF APES 55 VIII THE LEADER OF THE LIONS 67 IX THE MONKEYS' COUNCIL 75 X THE RAREST ANIMAL OF ALL 81 XI THE BLACK PRINCE 91 XII MEDICINE AND MAGIC 99 XIII RED SAILS AND BLUE WINGS 111 XIV THE RATS' WARNING 117 XV THE BARBARY DRAGON 125 XVI TOO-TOO, THE LISTENER 133 XVII THE OCEAN GOSSIPS 141 XVIII SMELLS 149 XIX THE ROCK 159 XX THE FISHERMAN'S TOWN 167 XXI HOME AGAIN 174
ILLUSTRATIONS
"A little town called Puddleby-on-the-Marsh" Frontispiece PAGE "And she never came to see him any more" 3 "He could see as well as ever" 14 "They came at once to his house on the edge of the town" 15 "They used to sit in chairs on the lawn" 19 "'All right,' said the Doctor, 'go and get married'" 23 "One evening when the Doctor was asleep in his chair" 24 "'I felt sure there was twopence left'" 31 "And the voyage began" 35 "'We must have run into Africa'" 41 "'I got into it because I did not want to be drowned'" 44 "And Queen Ermintrude was asleep" 48 "'Who's that?'" 52 "Cheering and waving leaves and swinging out of the branches to greet him" 61 "John Dolittle was the last to cross" 65 "He made all the monkeys who were still well come and be vaccinated" 68 "'ME, the King of Beasts, to wait on a lot of dirty monkeys?'" 70 "Then the Grand Gorilla got up" 76 "'Lord save us!' cried the duck. 'How does it make up its mind?'" 85 "He began reading the fairy-stories to himself" 96 "Crying bitterly and waving till the ship was out of sight" 109 "'They are surely the pirates of Barbary'" 114 "'And you have heard that rats always leave a sinking ship?'" 119 "'Look here, Ben Ali—'" 127 "'Sh!—Listen!—I do believe there's someone in there!'" 136 "'You stupid piece of warm bacon!'" 153 "'Doctor!' he cried. 'I've got it!'" 160 "And she kissed the Doctor many times" 170 "The Doctor sat in a chair in front" 176 "He began running round the garden like a crazy thing" 178
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE
About the author
Hugh Lofting
1886 Maidenhead – 1947 Topanga · British author
Hugh John Lofting, an English-American author who had trained as a civil engineer, gave children's literature the character Doctor Dolittle. This doctor who can talk with animals, living in an English village, was born in illustrated letters Lofting wrote to his children while serving in the trenches with the British Army during the First World War.
- 1886Born, Maidenhead
- 1920The Story of Doctor Dolittle
- 1922The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
- 1947Died, Topanga
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