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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

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Author Biography

Name: Hugh Lofting
Birth Date: January 14, 1886
Death Date: September 26, 1947
Place of Birth: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Place of Death: Santa Monica, California, United States of America
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupations: author, illustrator, civil engineer

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Biography of Hugh Lofting
1360 words, approx. 4.5 pages
A childhood love of animals shaped the writing career of Hugh Lofting (1886-1947). His work was chiefly built around the creation of a fictional character, Doctor John Dolittle, who sought to help animals by learning their language. Lofting used this cha...
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Biography of Hugh (John) Lofting
5646 words, approx. 18.8 pages
In the judgment of some commentators, Hugh Lofting's books chronicling Doctor Dolittle's adventures should be off-limits to youngsters today for two reasons. First, some of the stories, in particular The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His...


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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was the second of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books to be published, coming out in 1922. It is nearly four times longer than its predecessor and the writing style is pitched at a more mature audience. The scope of the...


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The Daily Mail (London, England)
Doctor Dolittle?(Review)
11/08/2002: 924 words, approx. 3 pages
Byline: CHRISTOPHER HUDSON Critic's choice BLOOD & GUTS: A Short History of Medicine by Roy Porter (Penguin/Allen Lane, pound sterling12.99) WHEN the diarist Fanny Burney had a mastectomy in 1810, before the discovery of anaesthetics, she felt 'the dreadful steel plunged...
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
REVIEW; `DOCTOR DOLITTLE: THE MUSICAL'; 'Dolittle' does enough.(NEWS)
08/20/2005: 471 words, approx. 2 pages
Byline: Graydon Royce; Staff Writer With its dash of animal-rights politics amid song, spectacle and arch humor, "Doctor Dolittle" might hope for a message but settles for amusement. "Dolittle," an evolving new musical based on the 1967 Rex Harrison film, is an...
 


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