The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, Hugh Lofting
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, Hugh Lofting
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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Author: Hugh Lofting

Narrator: Randal Schaffer

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/13/2020


Synopsis

Join Doctor Dolittle and his animal friends in The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, the second of Hugh Lofting series about a man with the ability to talk to animals.

Dr. John Dolittle is an esteemed physician, but he finds himself drawn to animal patients more often than humans. In this book, his animal companions convince him to go on a daring voyage around the world to search for a missing friend. Their travels take them through storms and shipwrecks, to bullfighting rings and into courtrooms where animals testify as witnesses. All the while, Dr. Dolittle uses his incredible talent of animal communication to befriend and protect and animal he meets.

The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle is the most acclaimed title in the series and won the Newbery Medal in 1923. With a charming premise and a vibrant cast of animal and human characters, this novel still sparks imaginations nearly a century after publication.

About Hugh Lofting

Hugh Lofting (1886–1947) was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Dr. Dolittle-one of the classics of children's literature. After serving in World War I as an officer in the Irish Guards, in which he was seriously wounded, he and his family moved to Connecticut. He was married three times and had three children.

Lofting's doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh who could speak to animals first saw light in the author's illustrated letters to children, written from the trenches during World War I when actual news, he later said, was either too horrible or too dull. The stories are set in early Victorian England. The Story of Dr. Dolittle is the first title in the series. The sequel, The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal. Eight more books followed, and the series has been adapted for film and television many times, for stage twice, and for radio.

Lofting produced a number of other books in addition to his Dr. Dolittle titles. Among his publications are the children's picture books The Story of Mrs. Tubbs and Tommy, Tilly, and Mrs. Tubbs; Porridge Poetry, a light-hearted book of poems for children; Noisy Nora; The Twilight of Magic; and Victory for the Slain, an epic poem and the only work Lofting wrote for adults.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on February 08, 2011

Loved this book as a kid, still love it now & want to keep reading the series. If only I had time. Reminds me a LOT of the Twenty-One Balloons! (Read this for my Newbery class.) As a sequel, I really appreciated that Lofting took the time to introduce us to his new character, Stubbins, before bringin......more

Goodreads review by Aušra Strazdaitė-Ziberkienė on October 20, 2024

Antra mylimiausia Dolitlio serijos knygutė (tebeturiu tris). Kaip ir minėjau pirmos knygos review - net vaikystėje sunkiai patikėdavau aprašomais įvykiais, o dabar klausiau pritaikius burtininko ir mokinio schemą. Viskas sugulė į savo vietas. Asmuo, kuris kitiems yra medicinos daktaras, iš tiesų dom......more