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The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Hugh Lofting

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First Printing, Aug. 24, 1920 Second Printing, Dec. 17, 1920 Third Printing, April 16, 1921 Fourth Printing, July 7, 1921 Fifth Printing, Sept. 1, 1921 Sixth Printing, Oct. 26, 1921 Seventh Printing, Dec. 5, 1921 Eighth Printing, April 3, 1922 Ninth Printing, Aug. 18, 1922 Tenth Printing, Nov. 28, 1922 Eleventh Printing, April 2, 1923…

Details

  • AuthorHugh Lofting
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #501
  • Length26,284 words · 1h 45m of reading
  • Chapters23
  • DictionaryNot yet generated
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-28

Contents

23 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01BY HUGH WALPOLE
  2. 02PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  3. 03PUDDLEBY
  4. 04ANIMAL LANGUAGE
  5. 05MORE MONEY TROUBLES
  6. 06A MESSAGE FROM AFRICA
  7. 07THE GREAT JOURNEY
  8. 08POLYNESIA AND THE KING
  9. 09THE BRIDGE OF APES
  10. 10THE LEADER OF THE LIONS
  11. 11THE MONKEYS’ COUNCIL
  12. 12THE RAREST ANIMAL OF ALL
  13. 13THE BLACK PRINCE
  14. 14MEDICINE AND MAGIC
  15. 15RED SAILS AND BLUE WINGS
  16. 16THE RATS’ WARNING
  17. 17THE BARBARY DRAGON
  18. 18TOO-TOO, THE LISTENER
  19. 19THE OCEAN GOSSIPS
  20. 20SMELLS
  21. 21THE ROCK
  22. 22THE FISHERMAN’S TOWN
  23. 23HOME AGAIN

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