The Story of Doctor Dolittle
The Story of Doctor Dolittle is 27,128 words — about 1h 49m at 250 words per minute, across 23 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it here.
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First Printing, Aug. 24, 1920 Second Printing, Dec. 17, 1920 Third Printing, April 16, 1921 Fourth Printing, July 7, 1921 Fifth Printing, Sept. 1, 1921 Sixth Printing, Oct. 26, 1921 Seventh Printing, Dec. 5, 1921 Eighth Printing, April 3, 1922 Ninth Printing, Aug. 18, 1922 Tenth Printing, Nov. 28, 1922 Eleventh Printing, April 2, 1923…
Details
- AuthorHugh Lofting
- SourceProject Gutenberg #501
- Length27,128 words · 1h 49m of reading
- Chapters23
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
23 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01BY HUGH WALPOLE
- 02PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- 03PUDDLEBY
- 04ANIMAL LANGUAGE
- 05MORE MONEY TROUBLES
- 06A MESSAGE FROM AFRICA
- 07THE GREAT JOURNEY
- 08POLYNESIA AND THE KING
- 09THE BRIDGE OF APES
- 10THE LEADER OF THE LIONS
- 11THE MONKEYS’ COUNCIL
- 12THE RAREST ANIMAL OF ALL
- 13THE BLACK PRINCE
- 14MEDICINE AND MAGIC
- 15RED SAILS AND BLUE WINGS
- 16THE RATS’ WARNING
- 17THE BARBARY DRAGON
- 18TOO-TOO, THE LISTENER
- 19THE OCEAN GOSSIPS
- 20SMELLS
- 21THE ROCK
- 22THE FISHERMAN’S TOWN
- 23HOME AGAIN
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