Hugh Lofting
Doctor Dolittle
eBook
( Feb. 25, 2019)
This is an abridged and annoted version of Doctor Dolittle ( published in 1920) with footnotes in Englih and French .
The protagonist is a a lovable old doctor. He had so many animal pets all over his house and garden that patients stopped consulting him. So he became poorer and poorer. He spent his time tending to his animals instead, and his fame as an animal doctor spread all over the world. When the monkeys in Africa were stricken with an epidemic, they got in touch with him. He set sail at once. The Story of Doctor Dolittle tells about this magnificent journey.