Doctor Dolittle's Garden

Doctor Dolittle's Garden (1927) is structurally the most disorganised of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books. The first part would fit very well into Lofting's 1925 novel Doctor Dolittle's Zoo, which this book follows. The rest of the book forms a reasonably coherent narrative. From now on, Lofting would write the books in chronological order, and this book has to link the earlier, more light-hearted type of story with what was to come. The lack of structure is compensated for by Lofting's skill in subtly shifting the tone of his writing as the book progresses.

Doctor Dolittle's Garden
First edition
AuthorHugh Lofting
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDoctor Dolittle
GenreChildren's novel
PublisherFrederick A. Stokes
Publication date
1927
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Preceded byDoctor Dolittle's Caravan 
Followed byDoctor Dolittle in the Moon 

Plot introduction

Doctor Dolittle's assistant, Tommy Stubbins, reports on Professor Quetch, curator of the Dog Museum in the Home for Crossbred Dogs. Meanwhile, the doctor has learnt insect languages and hears ancient tales of a giant race of insects. Fascinated, the doctor plans a voyage to find them but before he does so, one arrives in his garden.

gollark: Anyway, see, I basically just want to get everything unlocked so I can go back to designing ridiculous bizarre things like my immortal but extremely energy-wasteful beings.
gollark: Well, I half-remember my solutions from before, you see.
gollark: I have something which gets about halfway to the goal, then mysteriously dies out.
gollark: I played cell lab ages ago and am now trying to unlock everything again, stuck on "deception".
gollark: I do, but it's currently unusable.


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