Review: All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

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I love to hear a good story, and reading All Creatures Great and Small is like listening to a skilled storyteller; James Herriot writes like he’s talking to you. I really enjoy reading the stories about his life as a veterinary in the Yorkshire countryside because of the companionably self-effacing humor with which the author recounts his adventures and mishaps. The way he speaks about his friends, patients, colleagues and enemies is like sitting in a cozy living room with a family friend.

This, and Herriot’s other works, have been so widely enjoyed by so many that the BBC based a TV show on them in the 70′s, called All Creatures Great and Small after the author’s first book. This series ran, and is likely still shown, on PBS in the U.S and is how I first became aware of these wonderful and engaging stories when I was a kid. Neither the books or the show are better than the other, it’s one of those rare instances when intertextual versions march hand-in-hand in tribute to an author’s storytelling mastery.

All Creatures Great and Small is a really fun work and one those that you can pick up and open to any random point and be content reading from there. Like One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch, this is a book that I can’t see my personal library ever being without. I’ve read it again and again, and I’ll read it many more times, I’m sure.

Rating & Levels For This Book

I Give This Book three Vikings out of five	Violence Level one Burning Hut out of five	Romance Level two Hearts out of five
# of actual vikings in book: 0 What do these levels mean? ”	Humor Level two Smiles out of five	Lust Level zero Kisses out of five

Author and Publishing Information For This Book

Author & Book Details Title: All Creatures Great and Small Author(s): James Herriot ISBN#: 0553252291 Genre(s): Country veterinary memoir Edition Reviewed: 54th printing paperback edition Illustrations: N/A Page Count: 499 Part of a Series: Yes, book 1 of James Herriot’s vet memories (was also turned into a TV series by the BBC)

Publishing & Copyright Details Publisher(s): Bantam Booksr Copyright: 1998, 1985, 1973, 1972 In Print: Yes (under a new ISBN) Original Language: English Published in Other Languages: Unknown Find a Local Book Store ”

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