儿子超爱的作者——Hugh Lofting

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Hugh Lofting From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hugh John LoftingBornJanuary 14, 1886 Maidenhead, Berkshire, EnglandDiedSeptember 26, 1947 (aged 61) Topanga, CaliforniaOccupationNovelist, PoetGenresChildren's literature, FantasyHugh John Lofting (January 14, 1886 – September 26, 1947) was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle — one of the classics of children's literature.[1]

Contents [hide] 1 Personal life 2 Doctor Dolittle 3 Other Works for Children 4 VIctory for the Slain 5 Bibliography 6 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Personal lifeLofting was born in Maidenhead, England, to English and Irish parents. His early education was at Mount St Mary's College in Sheffield, after which he went to the United States, completing a degree in civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He traveled widely as a civil engineer before enlisting in the Irish Guards to serve in World War I. Not wishing to write to his children of the brutality of the war, he wrote imaginative letters that were the foundation of the successful Doctor Dolittle novels for children. Seriously wounded in the war, he moved with his family to Connecticut in the United States. Lofting was married three times and had three children, one of whom, his son Christopher, is the executor of his literary estate. "For years it was a constant source of shock to me to find my writings amongst 'juveniles,'" Lofting reported. "It does not bother me any more now, but I still feel there should be a category of 'seniles' to offset the epithet." [edit] Doctor DolittleMain article: Doctor Dolittle Hugh Lofting's doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh who could speak to animals first saw light in the author's illustrated letters to children, written from the trenches during World War I when actual news, he later said, was either too horrible or too dull. The stories are set in early Victorian England, (in and around the 1840s, according to a date given in The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle). The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts Never Before Printed (1920) began the series and won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958.The sequel, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal. Eight more books followed, and after Lofting's death two more volumes, composed of short unpublished pieces, appeared. The series has been adapted for film and television many times, for stage twice, and for radio. [edit] Other Works for ChildrenThe Story of Mrs Tubbs (1923) and Tommy, Tilly, and Mrs. Tubbs (1936) are picture books aimed at a younger audience than the Doctor Dolittle books. They concern the titular old woman, her pets (with whom she can speak) and the animals who help her out of trouble. Porridge Poetry (1924) is the only non-Dolittle work by Lofting still in print. It is a lighthearted, colorfully illustrated book of poems for children. Noisy Nora (1929) is a cautionary tale about a girl who is a noisy eater. The book is printed as if hand-written, and the many illustrations often merge with the text. The Twilight of Magic (1930) is aimed at older readers. It is set in an age when magic is dying and science is beginning. This work is the only one of Lofting's books to be illustrated by another person (Lois Lenski). [edit] VIctory for the SlainVictory for the Slain (1942) is Lofting's only work for adults, a single long poem in seven parts about the futility of war; the refrain "In war the only victors are the slain" permeates the poem. It was published only in the United Kingdom. [edit] Bibliography

• The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920)
• The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922)
• Doctor Dolittle's Post Office (1923)
• The Story of Mrs Tubbs (1923)
• Doctor Dolittle's Circus (1924)
• Porridge Poetry (1924)
• Doctor Dolittle's Zoo (1925)
• Doctor Dolittle's Caravan (1926)
• Doctor Dolittle's Garden (1927)
• Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928)
• Noisy Nora (1929)
• The Twilight of Magic (1930)
• Gub-Gub's Book, An Encyclopaedia of Food (1932)
• Doctor Dolittle's Return (1933)
• Doctor Dolittle's Birthday Book (1936)
• Tommy, Tilly, and Mrs. Tubbs (1936)
• Victory for the Slain (1942)
• Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (1948)
• Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary (1950)
• Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures (1952)

Hugh Lofting本来是麻省理工毕业的土木工程师，因为给孩子写信才开始了Doctor Dolittle的创作，和很多作者一样，Hugh Lofting在书中教给小读者很多新词，他也自己发明的好多词。他画的插图也很有趣。 我只买了Hugh Lofting的两本书，第一本是The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920)，第二本是The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922)，这两本都是获奖书。论坛上都有音频，儿子一度极为迷恋Doctor Dolittle，现在，依然说，Doctor Dolittle会西班牙语和许多语言，我一定要学会西班牙语。

babywhale

谢谢你的分享，很开心，收集了。

snazkf

多谢楼主推荐,回头我也去多收集几本这个作者的作品来屯着 你儿子是几岁开始读这个作家的作品的啊?

xxbzh

儿子是应该是今年上半年听的，一度非常迷恋，他现在很快11岁了。喜欢动物的孩子都会爱这个系列吧。

aabbxx

谢谢楼主无私分享，我也會 follow up 您的腳步，辛苦了。

peiling

谢谢喔，The Story of Doctor Dolittle ，The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle ，两本书都买了，就是抽不出时间来读。

jmwinsir

The Story of Doctor Dolittle ，The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle 听过中文版的，很好