The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
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In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up treating people after Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal languages. His fame in the animal kingdom spreads throughout the world and soon he sets off to cure a monkey epidemic in Africa, finding all sorts of exciting adventures on the way.
This recording is of the original edition, which is in the public domain. Later editions, which are still under copyright, changed some language and plot elements that are considered racially derogatory.
(Summary adapted from wikipedia.org by Annie Coleman) (3 hr 8 min)
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the catholic next door
They say they can predict my age from my Lord of the Rings crush. Well, I say you can’t. My crush is LEGOLAS. Predict my age within five years and I commend you.
WamOceanic
Written book is good but here readers are not good. They have not read story very good. Looking for another version
An 8yo's Review
Emily Rudy
It was excellent and a great adventure! The readers were excellent, too.
April
April T.
Wonderful! I loved the collaborative voices reading the book. Thank you so much!!
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Ben Hopman
I read the book and its really good
A LibriVox Listener
love the story and some readers are not clear
A LibriVox Listener
I didn't like the voices of the reader. 😐
mchibbs
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees site so gooooooo9oood. but readers are