![]() ![]() This book has 25,136 words, 53 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1920. ![]() Writing from the trenches, and not wanting his children to know of the brutality happening around him, he instead wrote imaginative letters which then became the foundation for the books. The character of John Dolittle was developed when Lofting was serving in the British Army during WWI. His adventures start when his fame spreads throughout the animal kingdom, and he travels to Africa to help some monkeys. After learning the secret of speaking to animals with help from his parrot Polynesia, he abandons human medicine and becomes a vet. A doctor by profession, he finds himself with less work because his patients are scared of all the animals in his home. The novels tell the story of John Dolittle who lives with his sister in the small village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. Originally published in 1920, this is the first in the Doctor Dolittle series. The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts is a book by English author Hugh Lofting. The Story of Doctor Dolittle Hugh LoftingĪvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle (mobi and AZW3) ebook formats. Buy the entire collection (over 2,400 ebooks) for only £15. ![]()
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