![]() He lived in Connecticut, USA whilst writing most of the series. The stories are set in early Victorian England in the 1820s-1840s ( The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle gives a date of 1839). Hugh Lofting's character Doctor John Dolittle, an English physician from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country, who could speak to animals, first saw light in the author's illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches during the War of 1914-18, when actual news, he later said, was either too horrible or too dull. †Copyrighted 1923, but not published until 1948 ![]() Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures (1952) Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary (1950)ġ2. ![]() Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake† (1948)ġ1. Lofting is underrated as a writer - his choice of words and narrative is very enjoyable, smart, and without pretension or condescension. This collection presents the following 7 novels about Dr Dolittle -ĭoctor Dolittle - 01 - The Story of Doctor Dolittle.epubĭoctor Dolittle - 02 - The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle.epubĭoctor Dolittle - 04 - Doctor Dolittle's Circus.epubĭoctor Dolittle - 07 - Doctor Dolittle's Garden.epubĭoctor Dolittle - 08 - Doctor Dolittle in the Moon.epubĭoctor Dolittle - 09 - Doctor Dolittle's Return.epubĭoctor Dolittle - 11 - Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary.epub ![]() Children's fiction about an English Doctor who talks to the animals. ![]()
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