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The Story of Doctor Dolittle / Die Geschichte von Doktor Dolittle
With illustrations by Reinhard Michl
The Story of Doctor Dolittle – with new illustrations by Reinhard Michl! A magnificent rediscovery!
»If you go on like this, none of the best people will have you for a doctor.« – »But I like the animals better than the ›best people,‹ said the Doctor. »You are ridiculous,« said his sister, and walked out of the room.
The physician John Dolittle lives in the small town of Puddleby-on-the Marsh, and he is not on good terms with the local people. Things are entirely different with the animals, he is able to help even the sick crocodile. Many patients end up staying with the shy doctor after their treatment, find a spot in the garden or in the house, because he knows how to speak their languages! All of this becomes too much for Dolittle’s surly sister and she moves out. No »normal«...
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The physician John Dolittle lives in the small town of Puddleby-on-the Marsh, and he is not on good terms with the local people. Things are entirely different with the animals, he is able to help even the sick crocodile. Many patients end up staying with the shy doctor after their treatment, find a spot in the garden or in the house, because he knows how to speak their languages! All of this becomes too much for Dolittle’s surly sister and she moves out. No »normal« patients were coming to the surgery anymore anyway …
When a new and incurable animal disease breaks out in Africa, Dolittle and his loyal friends decide to charter a ship, despite the lack of money, and set off for the unknown continent to help the animals there.
This edition of Hugh Lofting’s 1920 children’s classic has been illustrated by the masterful Reinhard Michl, whose specialty is drawing animals, for the Insel-Bücherei. A magnificent rediscovery!
2023, 124 pages
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Hugh Lofting
Author
Hugh Lofting, born in the UK in 1886, worked as a land surveyor and civil engineer before settling as a freelance writer in New York. World War I took him to the front in Flanders, where he created the character of Doctor Dolittle in letters to his children. From the letters, The Story of Doctor Dolittle was published in 1920 and it was followed by numerous other world-famous adventures with Doctor Dolittle. Lofting died in Topanga, California, in 1947.
Hugh Lofting
Author
Hugh Lofting, born in the UK in 1886, worked as a land surveyor and civil engineer before settling as a freelance writer in New York. World War I...