Dr. Dolittle Collection (Annotated)

Hugh Lofting's Dr. Dolittle Collection gathers the adventures of the kindly physician of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, whose gift for speaking with animals opens a world of voyages, friendships, and moral discovery. Written in lucid, playful prose, the books combine Edwardian adventure, animal fable, and children's fantasy, while gently satirizing human vanity through the wiser perspectives of nonhuman c...