The Story of Doctor Dolittle
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle

by Hugh Lofting

1920•Family•156 pages

Taste attributes: familyanimalsfantasycomedyfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedunlikely connectionsempowerment/personal growthall consuming quest

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Boxlist takeA larger-than-life family novel that is inventive, wide-ranging and wholesome. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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3.4 / 5

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About This Book

There are some of us now reaching middle age who discover themselves to be lamenting the past in one respect if in none other, that there are no books written now for children comparable with those of thirty years ago. I say written FOR children because the new psychological business of writing ABOUT them as though they were small pills or hatched in some especially scientific method is extremely popular today.

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FamilyAnimalsFantasyComedyUnlikely connectionsEmpowerment/personal growthAll consuming quest

Subjects

AnimalsChildren's storiesJuvenile fictionFantasyFantasy fictionPhysiciansHuman-animal communicationEr tong wen xue

Details

Author
Hugh Lofting
Published
1920
Pages
156
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