The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Written by Hugh Lofting

Narrated by Randal Schaffer

Join Doctor Dolittle and his animal friends in The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, the second of Hugh Lofting series about a man with the ability to talk to animals.

Dr. John Dolittle is an esteemed physician, but he finds himself drawn to animal patients more often than humans. In this book, his animal companions convince him to go on a daring voyage around the world to search for a missing friend. Their travels take them through storms and shipwrecks, to bullfighting rings and into courtrooms where animals testify as witnesses. All the while, Dr. Dolittle uses his incredible talent of animal communication to befriend and protect and animal he meets.

The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle is the most acclaimed title in the series and won the Newbery Medal in 1923. With a charming premise and a vibrant cast of animal and human characters, this novel still sparks imaginations nearly a century after publication.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Spotify Audiobooks
• Release date: Oct 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781094244464

Hugh Lofting

Hugh Lofting was born in Maidenhead in 1886. He studied engineering in London and America and his work as a civil engineer took him all over the world. He interrupted his career to enlist in the army and fight in the First World War. Wanting to shield his children from the horrors of combat, including the fate of horses on the battlefield, he wrote to them instead about a kindly doctor who could talk to animals. After the war he settled with his family in Connecticut and it was from there that he published his Doctor Dolittle books. The Story of Doctor Dolittle was published in 1920, followed by twelve more in the series. The highly acclaimed author died in 1947.

Reviews for The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

[Brian Cosby · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was one of my favorite audiobooks I have listened too!

[Morgan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The best book ever! It Is so funny!? You should read the first book