
Length7h 4m
About this audiobook
Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is the third of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books. Set on the West Coast of Africa, the 1923 book follows the episodic format of most other books in the series. In the beginning of the book, Doctor Dolittle helps to capture a slave trader's ship, then organizes the postal service of a small African kingdom, Fantippo, ruled over by King Koko. Mobilizing migrating birds to carry people's mail from continent to continent, Doctor Dolittle effectively anticipates the 20th Century invention of air mail. Over the course of later chapters, he discovers a hidden island populated by prehistoric creatures, gets thrown into another African jail, invents animal alphabets, and defeats at least two armies. Each of the animals in the Dolittle family also tells a personal story. The postal program grows into a worldwide postal and publishing service for the benefit of animals everywhere.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length7 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 29, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Doctor Dolittle's
22CHAPTER I THE ANIMALS' MAGAZINE
2ILLUSTRATIONS
23CHAPTER II THE DOCTOR'S STORY
3PROLOGUE
24CHAPTER III GUB-GUB'S STORY
4PART I
25CHAPTER IV DAB-DAB'S STORY
5CHAPTER I ZUZANA
26CHAPTER V THE WHITE MOUSE'S STORY
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6CHAPTER II THE DOCTOR'S RECEPTION ON THE WARSHIP
27CHAPTER VI JIP'S STORY
7CHAPTER III A GREAT GUNNER
28CHAPTER VII TOO-TOO'S STORY
8CHAPTER IV THE ROYAL MAILS OF FANTIPPO
29CHAPTER VIII THE PUSHMI-PULLYU'S STORY
9CHAPTER V THE VOYAGE DELAYED
30PART IV
10CHAPTER VI NO-MAN'S-LAND
31CHAPTER I PARCEL POST
11CHAPTER VII THE ANIMALS' PARADISE
32CHAPTER II THE GREAT MAIL ROBBERY
12CHAPTER VIII THE SWIFTEST MAIL IN THE WORLD
33CHAPTER III PEARLS AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS
13PART II
34CHAPTER IV PEARL DIVERS
14CHAPTER I A MOST UNUSUAL POST OFFICE
35CHAPTER V OBOMBO'S REBELLION
15CHAPTER II CHEAPSIDE
36CHAPTER VI THE DOCTOR'S RELEASE
16CHAPTER III THE BIRDS THAT HELPED COLUMBUS
37CHAPTER VII A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
17CHAPTER IV CAPE STEPHEN LIGHT
38CHAPTER VIII THE LAND OF THE MANGROVE SWAMPS
18CHAPTER V GULLS AND SHIPS
39CHAPTER IX THE SECRET LAKE
19CHAPTER VI WEATHER BUREAUS
40CHAPTER X THE POSTMASTER GENERAL'S LAST ORDER
20CHAPTER VII TEACHING BY MAIL
41CHAPTER XI GOOD-BYE TO FANTIPPO
21PART III