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Circus & CarnivalClassic Fantasy

Doctor Doolittle's circus

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  • 1924 first published
  • 290 pages
  • 71 editions
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Doctor Doolittle's circus is a 1924 circus fiction and classic fantasy novel by Hugh Lofting. Key subjects include circus, animals, human-animal communication and Doctor Dolittle.

It has been published in 71 editions.

At about 290 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

About Doctor Doolittle's circus

The doctor needs money to pay off a voyage to Africa, so he joins the circus with the pushmi-pullyu as his attraction. He enlightens a circus owner who cares little for animals, fights against the practice of fox hunting and helps other creatures such as a circus seal and cart horses too old to work.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Circus
  • Animals
  • Fantasy
  • Human-animal communication
  • Animal stories
  • Doctor Dolittle
  • Children's fiction
  • Children̕s fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Doctor Doolittle's circus?

Doctor Doolittle's circus was written by Hugh Lofting and first published in 1924.

What genre is Doctor Doolittle's circus?

It is usually shelved as Circus & Carnival and Classic Fantasy.

How long is Doctor Doolittle's circus?

The median edition has 290 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Doctor Doolittle's circus?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Fairy Caravan, Wet Magic and The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes.

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