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| Author | Hugh Lofting |
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| Illustrator | Hugh Lofting |
| Language | English |
| Series | Doctor Dolittle |
| Genre | Fantasy, children's novel |
| Publisher | J. B. Lippincott |
Publication date | 1948 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Preceded by | Doctor Dolittle's Return |
| Followed by | Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary |
Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake is a Doctor Dolittle book written by Hugh Lofting. The book was published posthumously in 1948,[1] 15 years after its predecessor.[2] Fittingly, it is the longest book in the series, and the tone is the darkest; World War II took place before the book was published, during which Lofting had published his 1942 anti-war poem Victory for the Slain. The book contains passages that almost border on being misanthropic with some very powerful passages concerning war and Man's inhumanity to man.
- ^ Drew, Bernard A. (8 March 2010). Literary Afterlife: The Posthumous Continuations of 325 Authors' Fictional Characters. McFarland. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-7864-5721-2.
- ^ "Book Review". The Gazette and Daily. 21 January 1949. Retrieved 20 November 2024.