''Doctor Dolittle's Return'', published in 1933, is the ninth book in
Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle
Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 ''The Story of Doctor Dolittle''. He is a physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in the ...
series. The book was published five years after the publication of ''
Doctor Dolittle in the Moon'' and continues the plot line begun in that book. Lofting originally intended to end the series with ''Doctor Dolittle in the Moon'', but for some reason changed his mind and the book was published.
Plot summary
The book tells the story of how the Doctor returns from the
moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...
. The first half of the book covers the lives of
Tommy Stubbins, the Doctor's assistant, the family of animals in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
waiting for his return, and how the Doctor escaped from the moon. The second half of the book deals with the quest of the Doctor for peace and quiet, so he can write a book about the moon and his experiences there. But the constant demands of his patients make the project impossible to complete, so the Doctor attempts to have himself put in jail so he will be able to write his book.
References
External links
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''Doctor Dolittle's Return''eBook at Project Gutenberg Australia (gutenberg.net.au)
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1933 British novels
1933 children's books
1933 fantasy novels
British children's novels
Doctor Dolittle books
Frederick A. Stokes Company books
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