The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, credited to Hugh Lofting, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting. Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world.(summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
• Author credits: Hugh Lofting
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 61
• Listed recording duration: 7:42:12

Catalogue topics

• children
• animals
• adventure
• lofting
• dolittle

Opening tracks: first 24 of 61

1. 00 - Prologue — 1:53
2. 1-01 - The Cobblers Son — 6:49
3. 1-02 - Hear of the Great Naturalist — 12:03
4. 1-03 - The Doctor's Home — 12:58
5. 1-04 - The Wiff Waff — 10:56
6. 1-05 - Polynesia — 12:33
7. 1-06 - The Wounded Squirrel — 5:41
8. 1-07 - Shellfish Talk — 6:53
9. 1-08 - Are You A Good Noticer — 6:11
10. 1-09 - The Garden Dreams — 6:51
11. 1-10 - The Private Zoo — 6:38
12. 1-11 - My Schoolmaster, Polynesia — 6:25
13. 1-12 - My Great Idea — 6:53
14. 1-13 - A Traveler Arrives — 5:19
15. 1-14 - Chee-Chee's Voyage — 4:05
16. 1-15 - I Become A Doctor's Assistant — 5:14
17. 2-01 - The Crew of The Curlew — 3:46
18. 2-02 - Luke the Hermit — 5:12
19. 2-03 - Jip and the Secret — 4:34
20. 2-04 - Bob — 6:05
21. 2-05 - Mendoza — 8:07
22. 2-06 - The Judge's Dog — 5:53
23. 2-07 - The End of the Mystery — 5:36
24. 2-08 - Three Cheers — 5:28

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