杜利特醫(yī)生的故事 The Story of Doctor Dolittle

杜利特醫(yī)生的故事
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
休·洛夫廷
Hugh Lofting

An adventurous children’s novel, The Story of Doctor Dolittle is the first book in the Doctor Dolittle series. The novel depicts the many adventures of Dr. John Dolittle as he learns the language of animals and takes on various feats including exotic travel, a dangerous encounter with pirates, and a mission to set right from wrong.

The novel begins with the introduction of Dr. John Dolittle, an animal lover and respected physician, who lives in the small English town of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh with his unmarried sister. Due to an increase in the number of animals in his home, he loses many of his clients which results in a decline of wealth. Even his sister is repelled from the amount of animals in their home. However, one day Dr. Dolittle learns the secret to speaking with animals from his parrot Polynesia, who teaches him the language of animals. Consequently, he leaves behind his unfulfilling job surrounded by people and instead decides to take up a veterinary practice.

This career change proves to be the correct one, as Dr. Dolittle quickly becomes renowned throughout the animal kingdom. Eventually he finds himself on the way to Africa along with his most trusted animal companions to help cure a monkey epidemic. Yet, unfortunate events lead to a shipwreck and Dr. Dolittle and his animal friends are imprisoned by the king of Jolliginki, who is a victim of colonization and for this reason dislikes all Europeans. The protagonist and his escort undergo many adventures in their task to spread kindness and animal awareness throughout. An optimistic and heartwarming novel, The Story of Doctor Dolittle leaves no one feeling indifferent, as Dr. Dolittle risks losing everything including his house, family and wealth for the sake of proper care and love of animal life. Abundant with humor and a fun easy-to- follow plot, Lofting has successfully created a rich fantasy world with vivid portrayals of memorable characters which have entertained generations time after time.


《杜利特醫(yī)生的故事》（The Story of Doctor Dolittle）是美國(guó)作家休·洛夫廷所著的小說(shuō)?！抖爬蒯t(yī)生的故事》共有十二集，《杜利特醫(yī)生非洲歷險(xiǎn)記·杜利特醫(yī)生航海記》只是其中的第一本。

和《秘密花園》的作者班納特夫人一樣，休·洛夫廷生在英國(guó)伯克郡的梅登黑德，少年時(shí)代加入美國(guó)國(guó)籍，是著名的兒童文學(xué)作家，筆下寫(xiě)的，也是英國(guó)人的故事。洛夫廷第一次世界大戰(zhàn)期間在戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上他看到人受傷會(huì)得到救治，而馬則被槍殺，熱愛(ài)動(dòng)物的他認(rèn)為人應(yīng)該理解馬的痛苦，它們也應(yīng)該有醫(yī)生為它們救治。于是他塑造出一個(gè)住在英國(guó)鄉(xiāng)村的、能聽(tīng)懂鳥(niǎo)言獸語(yǔ)、能給動(dòng)物治療疾病的醫(yī)生形象，這就是這位后來(lái)名聲遠(yuǎn)揚(yáng)的杜利特醫(yī)生。VX公眾號(hào)/微博： iGlobalist