Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
Doctor Dolittle's Post Office by Hugh Lofting is available here as the complete text, split into 810 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Doctor Dolittle's Post Office by Hugh Lofting. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #58947.
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Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
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This edition of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office by Hugh Lofting carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #58947, divided into 5 chapters and 810 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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The complete text of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #58947 and divided into 810 sections.
This page carries the whole of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office by Hugh Lofting, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #58947, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 4046 sentences across 5 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is Doctor Dolittle's Post Office divided for reading?
Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is presented in 5 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Doctor Dolittle's Post Office as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 810 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 5 chapters.
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Every sentence of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
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Is this the complete text of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office?
Yes. All 4046 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #58947 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #58947, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Doctor Dolittle's Post Office take to read?
About 337 minutes of reading across 810 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
Words and structures a reader meets early in Doctor Dolittle's Post Office, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Mournful
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Scenery
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Frontispiece
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Dolittle
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Doctor Dolittle's Post Office; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.