# The Story of Doctor Dolittle

By Hugh Lofting.

"The Story of Doctor Dolittle" by Hugh Lofting is a children's novel published in 1920. When a kindly physician learns to speak with animals, he abandons his failing medical practice to become a veterinarian. His new calling leads him on an extraordinary voyage to Africa to cure a monkey epidemic. Along the way, he faces shipwrecks, imprisonment, pirates, and exotic creatures—including the rare pushmi-pullyu. This tale of adventure and animal communication became the first in a beloved series, though it has sparked controversy for its colonial-era themes. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Author of introduction, etc.: Hugh Walpole
- Subjects: Fantasy literature; Animals -- Juvenile fiction; Human-animal communication -- Juvenile fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Story of Doctor Dolittle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/416) by Hugh Lofting (3 h 9 min, English)
- [Story of Doctor Dolittle (version 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/8111) by Hugh Lofting (2 h 25 min, English)
- [Story of Doctor Dolittle (version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7214) by Hugh Lofting (2 h 51 min, English)
- [Story of Doctor Dolittle (version 4 Dramatic Reading)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/9671) by Hugh Lofting (2 h 28 min, English)

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