Hugh Lofting

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Zamechatelnaja povest britanskogo pisatelja Khju Loftinga (1920 g.) "Istorija doktora Dulittla", pozdnee vdokhnovivshaja K. I. Chukovskogo na napisanie znamenitogo "Doktora Ajbolita" - dobraja, smeshnaja, poznavatelnaja istorija, izvestnaja vo vsem mire. Luchshij doktor, kotoryj lechil ljudej, no ochen ljubil zhivotnykh i nauchilsja ponimat ikh jazyk, poluchiv iz Afriki pismo ot obezjan s molboj o pomoschi, ne razdumyvaja, otpravilsja v put, polnyj udivitelnykh prikljuchenij i vstrech. Eta kniga o tom, chto silnye dolzhny pomogat slabym, o tom, chto nikogda nelzja unyvat i sdavatsja, ved iz ljuboj situatsii mozhno najti vykhod, glavnoe imet dobroe serdtse i vernykh druzej. Povest publikuetsja v novom perevode i oformlena veselymi risunkami Khju Loftinga.

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Having served as an older man in Flanders during the First World War, Hugh Lofting, famed author of the Doctor Dolittle series, was pacifist by leaning. He knew intimately the horror of human killing human in what seemed an endless litany of the worst of us. Then in 1942, in the midst of the unbelievable recurrence of war once again, and nearing the end of his life, the need to commit his feelings to paper became overwhelming. His passions and fears overflowed into a long poem, his only work for adults. Victory for the Slain begins with him encountering and helping a soldier who is struggling to light a cigarette, having lost a hand. He walks on, musing on the maiming cost of martial conflict. His path takes him to a church, where, alone, and surrounded by the sense of the past, the terrible present with its constant aerial bombing, and apprehension for the future at this uncertain and perilous stage of the war, he registers quaveringly and with great emotion both how fearful he is and how appallingly foolish are the paths down which humankind's belligerence can take us. Reflecting on history, philosophy, violence, nationalism, death, and what seems like madness, as he wanders through the quiet of the church he gravely sounds every vibration and implication of the horror which surrounds him in the world's current chaos. For him, there reverberates one heartrending refrain: in war, the only victors are the slain.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, the maverick physician takes on a new assistant, Tommy Stubbins. The story is structured as a first person account given by Tommy, who is now a very old man. The boy who was the son of the village cobbler first meets Doctor Dolittle when he takes a hurt squirrel to the doctor for treatment. Tommy and the doctor quickly become friends, and the boy soon learns how to communicate with animals in their own languages. The remarkable talking parrot, Polynesia and other amazing creatures from the previous book also appear in this sequel. The mysterious disappearance of a friend of the doctor's called Luke the Hermit sets off a train of strange events. And Tommy finds himself accompanying the good doctor on an exciting, hazardous voyage to find Long Arrow, a native American and the son of Golden Arrow, who is reputed to be the greatest living naturalist in the world. The kind hearted, quirky, animal rights activist Doctor Dolittle dominates the plot. His enduring humanitarian approach to the world around him, his desire for peaceful coexistence among all and his concern for the environment make him a memorable and endearing character. This as much an adventure story as a strong appeal for compassion towards the innumerable species that share our planet with us. There are shipwrecks, South American and Mediterranean locations, underwater explorations where they discover a giant sea snail and wonderful descriptions of land and sea. Critics of Hugo Lofting's work point out that there are several passages which are now politically incorrect. However, readers would do well to remember that these books were written more than a hundred years ago, when attitudes to colonization and race were quite different. In the dozen or so books featuring Doctor Dolittle, the author Hugo Lofting ensures that a wide variety of themes, locations and ideas are explored. The books were originally illustrated by the author himself, as he was a talented artist and naturalist himself.

Syn prostogo sapozhnika iz Paddlbi-na-Bolote, devjatiletnij Tommi Stabbins i predstavit ne mog, chto kogda-nibud emu poschastlivitsja stat pomoschnikom samogo doktora Dulittla. Odnako - vot udacha! - vsjo sluchilos imenno tak, i teper doktor ne tolko uchit malchika chitat i pisat - on otkryvaet emu tajny prirody, obuchaet jazykam zhivotnykh i berjot s soboj v polnuju opasnostej i neverojatnykh prikljuchenij ekspeditsiju v dzhungli Juzhnoj Ameriki, na zagadochnyj Ostrov Koaty. Eta skazochnaja povest vyshla spustja dva goda posle nashumevshej "Istorii doktora Dulittla" i prinesla avtoru odnu iz samykh prestizhnykh nagrad v oblasti detskoj literatury - Medal Dzhona Njuberi. V nashej knige povest vpervye publikuetsja v perevode izvestnogo pisatelja i naturalista Stanislava Vostokova. Dlja detej mladshego shkolnogo vozrasta.

"Sumerki magii" - odna iz tekh redkikh skazochnykh istorij, kazhdaja stranitsa kotoroj pronizana dukhom dobrogo volshebstva. Zdes volshebstvo taitsja v zabroshennom dome i v morskoj rakushke, kotoraja nasheptyvaet vam chuzhie tajny; v priskazkakh Agness-Jablochnitsy i murlykane ee chernykh kotov; v zarosljakh ezheviki u lachugi filosofa i v roskoshnykh pokojakh tsarskogo dvortsa..." Istorija nemnogo devchachja, trogatelnaja, sjuzhet sovsem prostoj", - no eto mogut skazat tolko skuchnye vzroslye, utrativshie chto-to vazhnoe v svoem vzroslenii. A kazhdyj rebenok, nadeemsja, uvidit sploshnuju magiju i chudesa, razgadaet sam vse tajny i pojmet, chto mir i ljudi vokrug (dazhe strannye ljudi) mogut byt sovsem-sovsem khoroshimi. Dlja srednego shkolnogo vozrasta.