Doctor Dolittle in the Moon

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x, 307 pp. "Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928) was intended to be the last of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books, and differs considerably in tone from its predecessors; the stri pped down narrative does not have room for any of the sub-plots and tales previously present. Instead there is a growing sense of an event about to happen that is almost spooky in tone. There are some very complex passages for a children's book; for example, it begins with a meditation about what the writer expects from the reader and vice versa." Show more