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Story Of Doctor Dolittle eBook

by Hugh Lofting
language: english
Publisher: Neeland Media LLC, September of 2019 ‧
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First published in 1920, "The Story of Doctor Dolittle", or "Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts", is Hugh Lofting’s classic children’s novel about the animal-loving British country doctor, John Dolittle, who learns he can talk to animals with help from his pet parrot Polynesia. In this first book in a series of titles about Doctor Dolittle’s adventures, the good doctor puts his unique skills to use when he has to leave his beloved home in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh and travel to Africa with his pets to help cure a terrible monkey epidemic. Doctor Dolittle and his pets, including Jip, his loyal dog and Dab-Dab, his housekeeping duck, encounter all manner of adventure and misfortune during their trip, from a shipwreck, to being kidnapped, to encounters with pirates, and to the discovery of unique and interesting animals. After finally curing the monkeys, Doctor Dolittle and his pets are able to return to their idyllic country home with grand treasures and amazing stories to tell from their voyage. This edition includes all the original illustrations by the author.

Story Of Doctor Dolittle

by Hugh Lofting

Property Description
ISBN: 9781420963410
Publisher: Neeland Media LLC
Release Date: September of 2019
Language: English
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Fiction
EAN: 9781420963410
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hugh Lofting

Hugh John Lofting, nascido a 14 de janeiro de 1886, foi um escritor anglo-americano, formado em Engenharia Civil, que criou uma personagem clássica da literatura infantil, o Doutor Dolittle. O médico que falava com os animais e vivia numa aldeia inglesa surgiu, pela primeira vez, em cartas ilustradas que Lofting enviava aos filhos a partir das trincheiras do Exército Britânico durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial. Após o fim da guerra e antes da publicação do seu primeiro livro, Lofting fixou residência nos Estados Unidos. Faleceu a 26 de setembro de 1947.

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