DR. DOLITTLE Book Series (Annotated)

DR. DOLITTLE Book Series (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. Children's Adventure Classics: Doctor Dolittle's Zoo, Garden, Return, Circus, Post Office, Caravan, Doctor Dolittle in the Moon…By Hugh Lofting
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Hugh Lofting's Dr. Dolittle book series, beginning with The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), follows the eccentric physician of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh who abandons human patients to learn the languages of animals and undertake voyages of healing, discovery, and comic adventure. Written in clear, episodic prose enlivened by whimsical dialogue and moral fable, the series belongs to the golden age of Anglophone children's literature, yet also reflects the travel romance and colonial assumptions of its era, inviting modern readers to admire its imaginative sympathy while reading historically. Lofting, an English-born civil engineer and illustrator who served in the First World War, first invented Dolittle in letters to his children from the trenches, preferring humane fantasies about animals to descriptions of violence. His technical training, transatlantic life, and wartime disillusionment helped shape a hero whose science is gentleness, whose authority rests on listening, and whose adventures transform curiosity into ethical responsibility. This series is recommended for readers interested in classic children's fantasy, animal narratives, and the history of literary imagination after war. It rewards children with humor and wonder, and adults with a richer study of kindness, language, empire, and the enduring dream of communion across species. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes. - The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists. - A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing. - A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings. - Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life. - Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.

Audiobook details

GenreChildren's Literature
Length65 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 23, 2019
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
213The Seventh Chapter The Badger's Tooth
2Introduction
214The Eighth Chapter The Puddleby Gold Rush
3Historical Context
215The Ninth Chapter The Mouse Code
4Synopsis (Selection)
216The Tenth Chapter The New Learning
5The Story of Doctor Dolittle
217The Eleventh Chapter The Rat and Mouse Club
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6Introduction to the Tenth Printing
218The Twelfth Chapter The Mooniversary Dinner
7The First Chapter Puddleby
219The Thirteenth Chapter The Hotel Rat
8The Second Chapter Animal Language
220The Fourteenth Chapter Leery, The Outcast
9The Third Chapter More Money Troubles
221The Fifteenth Chapter The Volcano Rat
10The Fourth Chapter A Message From Africa
222The Sixteenth Chapter The Voices In The Earth
11The Fifth Chapter The Great Journey
223The Seventeenth Chapter The United Rat States Republic
12The Sixth Chapter Polynesia and the King
224The Eighteenth Chapter The Museum Mouse
13The Seventh Chapter The Bridge of Apes
225The Nineteenth Chapter Professor Foozlebugg's Masterpiece
14The Eighth Chapter The Leader of the Lions
226The Twentieth Chapter The Prison Rat
15The Ninth Chapter The Monkeys' Council
227The Twenty-First Chapter A Rat's Pilgrimage
16The Tenth Chapter The Rarest Animal of All
228The Twenty-Second Chapter The Stable Mouse
17The Eleventh Chapter The Black Prince
229The Twenty-Third Chapter The Cunning of Lucifer, The Jackdaw
18The Twelfth Chapter Medicine and Magic
230The Twenty-Fourth Chapter Moorsden Manor
19The Thirteenth Chapter Red Sails and Blue Wings
231The Twenty-Fifth Chapter The Fire
20The Fourteenth Chapter The Rats' Warning
232The Twenty-Sixth Chapter The Leather Boxes
21The Fifteenth Chapter The Barbary Dragon
233The Twenty-Seventh Chapter The Watch Dogs
22The Sixteenth Chapter Too-too, the Listener
234The Twenty-eighth Chapter The Scrap of Parchment
23The Seventeenth Chapter The Ocean Gossips
235The Twenty-Ninth Chapter The Coming of Kling
24The Eighteenth Chapter Smells
236The Thirtieth chapter The Mystery of Moorsden Manor
25The Nineteenth Chapter The Rock
237The Thirty-First Chapter The Dog Detective
26The Twentieth Chapter The Fisherman's Town
238The Thirty-Second Chapter Old Mr. Throgmorton
27The Last Chapter Home Again
239The Thirty-Third Chapter The Secret Cupboard
28Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
240The Thirty-Fourth Chapter The Wild Ride of The White Mouse
29Prologue
241The Last Chapter Our Arrest
30PART I
242Doctor Dolittle's Garden
31Chapter II. The Doctor's Reception on the Warship
243PART ONE
32Chapter III. A Great Gunner
244Chapter 1. The Dog Museum
33Chapter IV. The Royal Mails of Fantippo
245Chapter 2. Quetch
34Chapter V. The Voyage Delayed
246Chapter 3. The Dick Whittington Dog
35Chapter VI. No-Man's-Land
247Chapter 4. The Children’s Hospitality
36Chapter VII. The Animals' Paradise
248Chapter 5. Gipsy Life
37Chapter VIII. The Swiftest Mail in the World
249Chapter 6. The Acrobat
38PART II
250Chapter 7. The Monastery
39Chapter II. Cheapside
251Chapter 8. The Shepherd in Distress
40Chapter III. The Birds That Helped Columbus
252Chapter 9. City Life
41Chapter IV. Cape Stephen Light
253Chapter 10. The Hermit Dog
42Chapter V. Gulls and Ships
254Chapter 11. The Top-knot Terriers
43Chapter VI. Weather Bureaus
255Chapter 12. Dogs’ Jobs
44Chapter VII. Teaching By Mail
256PART TWO
45PART III
257Chapter 1. Insect Languages
46Chapter II. The Doctor's Story
258Chapter 2. Foreign Insects
47Chapter III. Gub-Gub's Story
259Chapter 3. Tangerine
48Chapter IV. Dab-Dab's Story
260Chapter 4. Domestic Insects
49Chapter V. The White Mouse's Story
261Chapter 5. The Water Beetle
50Chapter VI. Jip's Story
262Chapter 6. The End of the Journey
51Chapter VII. Too-Too's Story
263Chapter 7. The Colony of Exiles
52Chapter VIII. The Pushmi-Pullyu's Story
264Chapter 8. A Lifetime of Twenty-four Hours
53PART IV
265Chapter 9. Dab-Dab’s Views on Insect Life
54Chapter II. The Great Mail Robbery
266Chapter 10. The Giant Moths
55Chapter III. Pearls and Brussels Sprouts
267Chapter 11. Otho the Prehistoric Artist
56Chapter IV. Pearl Divers
268Chapter 12. “The Days Before there Was a Moon”
57Chapter V. Obombo's Rebellion
269Chapter 13. Memories of Long Arrow
58Chapter VI. The Doctor's Release
270Chapter 14. Blind Travel Again
59Chapter VII. A Mysterious Letter
271Chapter 15. Gub-Gub Halts the Game
60Chapter VIII. The Land of the Mangrove Swamps
272PART THREE
61Chapter IX. The Secret Lake
273Chapter 1. Bumpo and Magic
62Chapter X. The Postmaster General's Last Order
274Chapter 2. The Tapping on the Window
63Chapter XI. Goodbye to Fantippo
275Chapter 3. The Giant Race
64Doctor Dolittle's Circus
276Chapter 4. The Awakening of the Giant
65PART ONE
277Chapter 5. Keeping a Secret
66Chapter 1. The Fireside Circle
278Chapter 6. The Butterflies’ Paradise
67Chapter 2. The Doctor Meets a Friend – and a Relative
279Chapter 7. The Home of the Giant Moth
68Chapter 3. Business Arrangements
280Chapter 8. Flowers of Mystery
69Chapter 4. The Doctor Is Discovered
281Chapter 9. Smoke on the Moon
70Chapter 5. The Doctor Is Discouraged
282Chapter 10. Too-Too’s Warning
71Chapter 6. Sophie, from Alaska
283Chapter 11. Our Midnight Visitors
72Chapter 7. The Messenger from the North
284PART FOUR
73PART TWO
285Chapter 1. Bumpo Clears the Garden
74Chapter 1. Planning the Escape
286Chapter 2. The Mounted Police
75Chapter 2. “Animals’ Night” at the Circus
287Chapter 3. The Errand
76Chapter 3. In the Deserted Garden
288Chapter 4. The Stowaway
77Chapter 4. The Leader of the Bloodhounds
289Chapter 5. The Doctor’s Reception
78Chapter 5. The Passengers from Penchurch
290Chapter 6. Crossing “The Dead Belt”
79Chapter 6. The Grantchester Coach
291Chapter 7. The Two Sides of the Moon
80PART THREE
292Chapter 8. The Tree
81Chapter 1. The Highwayman’s Double
293Doctor Dolittle in the Moon
82Chapter 2. To the Sea by River
294Chapter 1. We Land upon a New World
83Chapter 3. Sir William Peabody, J. P.
295Chapter 2. The Land of Colours and Perfumes
84Chapter 4. Nightshade the Vixen
296Chapter 3. Thirst!
85Chapter 5. “The Dolittle Safety Packet”
297Chapter 4. Chee-Chee the Hero
86PART FOUR
298Chapter 5. On the Plateau
87Chapter 1. Back to the Circus
299Chapter 6. The Moon Lake
88Chapter 2. The Patent Medicine Riots
300Chapter 7. Tracks of a Giant
89Chapter 3. Nino
301Chapter 8. The Singing Trees
90Chapter 4. Another Talking Horse
302Chapter 9. The Study of Plant Languages
91Chapter 5. The Star Turn Gives a Great Performance
303Chapter 10. The Magellan of the Moon
92Chapter 6. Beppo the Great
304Chapter 11. We Prepare to Circle the Moon
93Chapter 7. The Perfect Pasture
305Chapter 12. The Vanity Lilies
94Chapter 8. The Retired Cab and Wagon Horses’ Association
306Chapter 13. The Flower of Many Scents
95PART FIVE
307Chapter 14. Mirrors for Flowers
96Chapter 1. Mr. Bellamy of Manchester
308Chapter 15. Making New Clothes
97Chapter 2. Animal Plays
309Chapter 16. Monkey Memories of the Moon
98Chapter 3. The Poster and the Statue
310Chapter 17. We Hear of “The Council”
99Chapter 4. Fame, Fortune – and Rain
311Chapter 18. The President
100Chapter 5. Mr. Blossom’s Mysterious Disappearance
312Chapter 19. The Moon Man
101Chapter 6. The Doctor Becomes Manager of the Circus
313Chapter 20. The Doctor and the Giant
102Chapter 7. Matthew Mugg, Assistant Manager
314Chapter 21. How Otho Bludge Came to the Moon
103Chapter 8. The Dolittle Circus
315Chapter 22. How the Moon Folk Heard of Doctor Dolittle
104Doctor Dolittle's Caravan
316Chapter 23. The Man Who Made Himself a King
105PART ONE
317Chapter 24. Doctor Dolittle Opens His Surgery on the Moon
106Chapter 1. The Animal Shop
318Chapter 25. Puddleby Once More
107Chapter 2. The White Persian
319Doctor Dolittle's Return
108Chapter 3. An Animal Biography
320PART ONE
109Chapter 4. Pippinella Takes Her First Journey
321Chapter 1. Waiting!
110Chapter 5. The New Home
322Chapter 2. The Cats’-meat-Man’s Advice
111Chapter 6. An Adventurous Career
323Chapter 3. Cheapside Calls on Us
112Chapter 7. Freedom
324Chapter 4. The Eclipse of the Moon
113Chapter 8. John Dolittle’s Fame
325Chapter 5. I Send for Help
114Chapter 9. The Show for London
326Chapter 6. The Sound in the Sky
115Chapter 10. On the Road
327Chapter 7. The Great Locust
116Chapter 11. The Caravan Reaches London
328Chapter 8. The Doctor’s Voice
117Chapter 12. Voice Trials
329Chapter 9. The Moon Cat
118Chapter 13. The History of Bird Music
330Chapter 10. The Dolittle Household Revolution
119Chapter 14. The Finding of Twink
331Chapter 11. The Doctor’s Accident
120PART TWO
332Chapter 12. The Moon Museum
121Chapter 1. The Doctor Is Disguised
333PART TWO
122Chapter 2. The Release of the Blackbirds
334Chapter 1. Why John Dolittle Stayed so Long on the Moon
123Chapter 3. The Doctor’s Return
335Chapter 2. The Naturalists’ Paradise
124Chapter 4. Mr. Harris’s Past
336Chapter 3. Otho Bludge’s Prisoner
125Chapter 5. Scenery, Costumes, and Orchestra
337Chapter 4. The Gentleman in the Moon
126Chapter 6. The Prima Donna Disappears
338Chapter 5. The Farewell
127Chapter 7. The First Performance of “The Canary Opera”
339Chapter 6. Setting the Zoo to Rights
128Chapter 8. The Drama of Pippinella’s Life
340Chapter 7. Squib the Cocker Spaniel
129Chapter 9. A Triumph and a Success
341Chapter 8. How to Get into Jail?
130Chapter 10. Animal Advertising
342Chapter 9. Gilesborough
131Chapter 11. Gub-Gub’s Eating Palace
343Chapter 10. Lady Matilda Beamish
132Chapter 12. The Animals’ Treat
344Chapter 11. In Jail at Last
133PART THREE
345Chapter 12. Itty
134Chapter 1. The Princess’s Dinner Party
346Chapter 13. In the Doctor’s Cell
135Chapter 2. Jip and the Perfume Manufacturer
347Chapter 14. The Little Villain
136Chapter 3. The Ways of Advertisement
348Chapter 15. A Grand Party
137Chapter 4. The Pocket Horse
349Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake
138Chapter 5. The Dolittle Circus Staff Holds a Meeting
350PART ONE
139Chapter 6. Ways of Spending Money
351Chapter 1. The Seeds from the Moon
140Chapter 7. The Opening of the Animals’ Bank
352Chapter 2. Prince, the Irish Setter
141Chapter 8. News of Puddleby
353Chapter 3. A Visit from Cheapside
142Chapter 9. The Legend of the Jobberjee Ghosts
354Chapter 4. The Doctor Disappears
143Chapter 10. The Dolittle Circus Folds Its Tents for the Last Time
355Chapter 5. The End of a Dream
144The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
356Chapter 6. Cheapside and I Agree upon a Plan
145Prologue
357Chapter 7. Memories of Mudface and the Secret Lake
146PART I
358Chapter 8. The Mystery of the Notebooks
147The Second Chapter I Hear of the Great Naturalist
359Chapter 9. The White Mouse Librarian
148The Third Chapter The Doctor’s Home
360Chapter 10. How the Story of the Flood Was Lost
149The Fourth Chapter The Wiff-Waff
361Chapter 11. Cheapside Goes Back to London
150The Fifth Chapter Polynesia
362Chapter 12. The Work of a Naturalist’s Assistant
151The Sixth Chapter The Wounded Squirrel
363Chapter 13. The After-Supper Story Hour
152The Seventh Chapter Shellfish Talk
364Chapter 14. The Storm
153The Eighth Chapter Are You a Good Noticer?
365Chapter 15. First Aid for Sparrows
154The Ninth Chapter The Garden of Dreams
366Chapter 16. The End of a Long Night
155The Tenth Chapter The Private Zoo
367Chapter 17. The Travels of Mr. and Mrs. Cheapside
156The Eleventh Chapter My Schoolmaster, Polynesia
368Chapter 18. Finding the Secret Lake
157The Twelfth Chapter My Great Idea
369PART TWO
158The Thirteenth Chapter A Traveler Arrives
370Chapter 1. Our Ship, “The Albatross”
159The Fourteenth Chapter Chee-Chee’s Voyage
371Chapter 2. Goodbye to Puddleby
160The Fifteenth Chapter I Become a Doctor’s Assistant
372Chapter 3. The Dolittle Family at Sea
161PART TWO
373Chapter 4. The Stormy Petrel
162The Second Chapter Luke the Hermit
374Chapter 5. Our Welcome at Fantippo
163The Third Chapter Jip and the Secret
375Chapter 6. The Dinner-Party on the House-boat
164The Fourth Chapter BOB
376Chapter 7. The Jungle-Scouts
165The Fifth Chapter Mendoza
377Chapter 8. On the Little Fantippo River
166The Sixth Chapter The Judge’s Dog
378Chapter 9. The Mystery of the Crocodiles
167The Seventh Chapter The End of the Mystery
379Chapter 10. The Advance Party
168The Eighth Chapter Three Cheers
380Chapter 11. The Trail to the Great South Bend
169The Ninth Chapter The Purple Bird-of-Paradise
381Chapter 12. General Jim
170The Tenth Chapter Long Arrow, The Son of Golden Arrow
382Chapter 13. The Last Lap
171The Eleventh Chapter Blind Travel
383Chapter 14. The City of Mystery
172The Twelfth Chapter Destiny and Destination
384Chapter 15. At the Turtle’s Island
173PART THREE
385Chapter 16. The Voice of Thunder
174The Second Chapter Good-Bye!
386PART THREE
175The Third Chapter Our Troubles Begin
387Chapter 1. The Hippopotamus Ferry-boats
176The Fourth Chapter Our Troubles Continue
388Chapter 2. Turtletown
177The Fifth Chapter Polynesia Has a Plan
389Chapter 3. Days of the Deluge
178The Sixth Chapter The Bed-Maker of Monteverde
390Chapter 4. The Elephants’ March
179The Seventh Chapter The Doctor’s Wager
391Chapter 5. Fireworks for the King’s Birthday
180The Eighth Chapter The Great Bullfight
392Chapter 6. Noah’s Ark and the Great Wave
181The Ninth Chapter We Depart in a Hurry
393Chapter 7. The Floating Tree
182PART FOUR
394Chapter 8. In Mid-Ocean Mudface Leaves the Ark
183The Second Chapter The Fidgit’s Story
395Chapter 9. Belinda’s Brother
184The Third Chapter Bad Weather
396Chapter 10. Wine Beneath the Sea
185The Fourth Chapter Wrecked!
397Chapter 11. Eber Saves Gaza’s Life
186The Fifth Chapter Land!
398Chapter 12. The Sign in the Sky
187The Sixth Chapter The Jabizri
399Chapter 13. A New Language Is Born
188The Seventh Chapter Hawk’s-Head Mountain
400Chapter 14. The Tigress
189PART FIVE
401Chapter 15. The Raven Meets with Adventures
190The Second Chapter “The Men of the Moving Land”
402Chapter 16. The Sea-Birds over the Garden
191The Third Chapter Fire
403Chapter 17. Antelope and Grass-Eaters
192The Fourth Chapter What Makes an Island Float
404PART FOUR
193The Fifth Chapter War!
405Chapter 1. Man Becomes a Slave to the Animals
194The Sixth Chapter General Polynesia
406Chapter 2. The Revolution of the Cats
195The Seventh Chapter The Peace of the Parrots
407Chapter 3. The Escape
196The Eighth Chapter The Hanging Stone
408Chapter 4. The Fall of the Elephant Empire
197The Ninth Chapter The Election
409Chapter 5. Meeting an Old Friend Again
198The Tenth Chapter The Coronation of King Jong
410Chapter 6. How Lake Junganyika Got Its Name
199PART SIX
411Chapter 7. The Graveyard of the Giants
200The Second Chapter Thoughts of Home
412Chapter 8. Belinda Changes Her Mind
201The Third Chapter The Red Man’s Science
413Chapter 9. The Ocean at Last
202The Fourth Chapter The Sea-Serpent
414Chapter 10. Boat-Building
203The Fifth Chapter The Shellfish Riddle Solved at Last
415Chapter 11. Island of Peace
204The Sixth Chapter The Last Cabinet Meeting
416Chapter 12. America!
205The Seventh Chapter The Doctor’s Decision
417Chapter 13. The Raven Explores a New World
206Doctor Dolittle's Zoo
418Chapter 14. The Farm
207The First Chapter A Message From Dab-Dab
419Chapter 15. We Paddle Down the Secret Lake
208The Second Chapter The Adventurer's Return
420Chapter 16. The Treasure Vault
209The Third Chapter The Surprise Party
421Chapter 17. Crown of the World
210The Fourth Chapter The New Zoo
422Analysis
211The Fifth Chapter Animal Town
423Reflection
212The Sixth Chapter Poverty Again
424Memorable Quotes

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