
All Creatures Great and Small
The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor
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Narrated by:
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Nicholas Ralph
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By:
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James Herriot
About this listen
**This program is read by Nicholas Ralph, star of the PBS Masterpiece series**
"Nicholas Ralph's narration is grand. His Yorkshire dialect is as genuine as the pudding, as authentic as it is possible to be while remaining comprehensible." (AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner)
A tie-in to the PBS Masterpiece series and Christmas special.
The first volume in the multimillion copy best-selling series.
Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients.
For 50 years, generations of readers have flocked to Herriot's marvelous tales, deep love of life, and extraordinary storytelling abilities. For decades, Herriot roamed the remote, beautiful Yorkshire Dales, treating every patient that came his way from smallest to largest, and observing animals and humans alike with his keen, loving eye.
In All Creatures Great and Small, we meet the young Herriot as he takes up his calling and discovers that the realities of veterinary practice in rural Yorkshire are very different from the sterile setting of veterinary school.
James Herriot's memoirs have sold 80 million copies worldwide, and continue to delight and entertain listeners and readers of all ages.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
All Creatures Great and Small is available on Blu-ray and DVD. To purchase, visit shop.pbs.org. MASTERPIECE® is a registered trademark of the WGBH Educational Foundation. Used with permission. A Playground production for MASTERPIECE and Channel 5 in association with All3Media and Screen Yorkshire. Cover photo © Playground Television UK Ltd / Photographer: Ed Miller
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Critic reviews
“One of the funniest and most likeable books around.” (Atlantic Monthly)
“If there is any justice, All Creatures Great And Small will become a classic of its kind.... With seemingly effortless art, this man tells his stories with perfect timing and optimum scale. Many more famous authors could work for a lifetime and not achieve more flawless literary control.” (Chicago Tribune Book World)
“Herriot charms because he delights in life, embraces it with sensitivity and gust and writes with grace. All Creatures Great And Small may well be the happiest book of the year.” (The New York Times Book Review)
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The world's most beloved veterinarian, James Herriot, brings his storytelling magic to the enchanting world of cats. Also available from Herrriot: Every Living Thing.
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A delightful Book
- By Jean on 12-04-17
By: James Herriot
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James Herriot's Treasury for Children
- Warm and Joyful Animal Tales
- By: James Herriot
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Children have always found a delightful friend in James Herriot. His award-winning stories for young children bring the farmyard world of Herriot's Yorkshire to vibrant life. Featuring a host of adorable animals and colorful townsfolk, each of the stories is narrated by the country vet himself, with all of the warmth, caring, and good humor that have made James Herriot beloved the world over. Here, in James Herriot's Treasury for Children, we find all of his books for children collected in one beautiful volume.
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Delightful
- By Jean on 12-09-17
By: James Herriot
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Celebrating All Creatures Great and Small
- For the Love of the Yorkshire Dales
- By: All Creatures Great And Small
- Narrated by: Deborah Balm, Nathaniel Priestley
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The official celebration of All Creatures Great & Small and its incredible setting: the Yorkshire Dales. Featuring an in-depth look at the characters and real-life inspiration for the show, this book tells the fascinating story of the program’s main character: the Yorkshire Dales.
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Northanger Abbey
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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When Catherine Morland, a country clergyman's daughter, is invited to spend a season in Bath with the fashionable high society, little does she imagine the delights and perils that await her. Captivated and disconcerted by what she finds, and introduced to the joys of "Gothic novels" by her new friend, Isabella, Catherine longs for mystery and romance. When she is invited to stay with the beguiling Henry Tilney and his family at Northanger Abbey, she expects mystery and intrigue at every turn.
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Awesome
- By Johnny on 08-01-09
By: Jane Austen
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James Herriot's Animal Stories
- By: James Herriot
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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When you enter the world of James Herriot's Animal Stories, you'll share his wonder and humor, his adventures and misadventures as he contends with pet owners and landowners; rough-spoken farmers and soft-spoken gentry; orphaned lambs, litters of piglets and puppies, cattle and draught horses; and a miscellany of cats and dogs including, of course, Mrs. Pumphrey's inimitable Pekinese, Tricki Woo.
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Excellent
- By Jean on 11-23-17
By: James Herriot
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The Real James Herriot
- A Memoir of My Father
- By: Jim Wight
- Narrated by: Liam Price
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Alf Wight (aka James Herriot) grew up in Glasgow, where he lived during a happy childhood and then through the challenging years of training at the Glasgow Veterinary College. The story of how the young vet later traveled to the small Yorkshire town of Thirsk, aka Darrowby, to take the job of assistant vet is one that is well known through James Herriot's celebrated books and the popular All Creatures Great and Small television series. But Jim Wight's biography ventures beyond the trials and tribulations of his father's life as a veterinarian to reveal the man behind the stories.
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Narrator was awful.
- By Amazon Customer on 04-15-25
By: Jim Wight
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An Irish Country Doctor
- A Novel
- By: Patrick Taylor
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there, but already he knows that there is nowhere he would rather live than in the emerald hills and dales of Northern Ireland. The proud owner of a spanking-new medical degree and little else in the way of worldly possessions, Barry jumps at the chance to secure a position as an assistant in a small rural practice. At least until he meets Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly.
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Something's Missing ... But It's Not the "F Bomb"!
- By Bookworm on 09-06-13
By: Patrick Taylor
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My Family and Other Animals
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Hugh Bonneville
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Abridged
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The book is an autobiographical account of five years in the childhood of naturalist Gerald Durrell. The book is divided into three sections, marking the three villas in which the family lived on the island. Apart from Gerald (the youngest) and Larry, the family comprised their widowed mother, the gun-mad Leslie, and diet-obsessed sister Margo together with Roger the dog.
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Love it, but please mark as Abridged!
- By Meredith Ramirez on 09-14-21
By: Gerald Durrell
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The Hidden Girl
- By: Lucinda Riley, Harry Whittaker
- Narrated by: Anna Madeley
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Born and raised in a small village on the Yorkshire moors, Leah Thompson grows more beautiful with each passing day. When she catches the attention of the influential, troubled Delancey family, she knows her life will never be the same again. Years later, Leah takes the modelling world by storm, travelling from Milan to London and New York and living life in the lap of luxury. But her past follows her like a dark shadow, mysteriously intertwined with the tragic tale of two young siblings in Poland during the Second World War.
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history
- By Sjöfn Geirdal on 04-06-25
By: Lucinda Riley, and others
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Our Dogs, Ourselves
- How We Live with Dogs Now
- By: Alexandra Horowitz
- Narrated by: Alexandra Horowitz
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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We keep dogs and are kept by them. We love dogs and (we assume) we are loved by them. We buy them sweaters, toys, shoes; we are concerned with their social lives, their food, and their health. The story of humans and dogs is thousands of years old but is far from understood. In Our Dogs, Ourselves, Alexandra Horowitz explores all aspects of this unique and complex relationship that “dog lovers will savor and absorb” (Shelf Awareness). As Horowitz considers the current culture of dogdom, she reveals the odd, surprising, and contradictory ways we live with dogs.
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All around awesome and honest.
- By Amazon Customer on 10-07-19
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I Thought It Would Be Better than This
- Rise from Disappointment, Regain Control, and Rebuild a Life You Love
- By: Jessica N. Turner
- Narrated by: Jessica N. Turner
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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What happens when you look at your life and think, I thought it would be better than this? You know you can’t stay where you are, but have no idea what to do next. When Jessica N. Turner, a mom of three, lost her 16-year-marriage after her husband came out as gay, her life shattered. With grit and determination, she picked up the pieces, chose hope and courageously rebuilt a beautiful next chapter.
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Captures the brutality and the hope of pain well
- By S P on 04-17-25
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The 14th century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and the exquisitely decorated Books of Hours; and on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague.
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And you thought the twentieth century was rough...
- By Rob on 03-23-06
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- Eileen Golden
- 01-31-21
Fabulous narration
Much better than the original audiobook. Much more authentic accent.
The narrator really brought this story back to life.
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- John W. Schultz
- 07-31-21
Loved the reader
loved the reader who plays the same role on the recent Masterpiece Theater series which I also loved.
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- Karen Gough
- 11-23-21
The Most Heartwarming Book
When I was younger I read this book about four or five times, and I have always remembered the stories. Now listening to the audio with the narrator’s beautiful accent and wonderful inflections makes it come alive again. This book is a keeper!
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- Hannah C. King
- 04-28-21
Perfect for Fans of the Books
The narration and story blend seamlessly for a wonderful experience for those who have enjoyed reading the books for years. Listening to someone with an appropriate accent make all the difference!
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-17-21
Enjoyable Listen
This would be an enjoyable listen for a long drive. Narrator was great. It's a story about an English vetinarian and his experience with the animals, mostly farm animals, and their unique owners.
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- Kim Piatt
- 04-07-22
Very well written and read!!
I enjoyed listening to this book very much so! Every chapter was well placed, and the ending was perfect, although I was wanting more of the story. Definitely worth the listen!
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- Paula Kay Wilson
- 04-26-22
From Beginning To End
Nicholas Ralph brings each character to life . I hope he reads the entire series . Spectacular in every way .
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- Anna Dunn
- 10-22-22
If You love “All Creatures Great and Small” on PBS, then you’ll love this book
If you love the PBS series of the same title, then you will love this audio book. I hope Nicholas Ralph continues to narrate the other books in the series.
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- Cindy
- 10-27-22
I love these books !
I love the books and love listening to them. a great listen and performance.
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- DRF
- 02-12-23
Great story, incomparable narrator!
This is a fabulous story that comes alive with this narrator’s presentation. His command of the various accents (Scots, Yorkshire, high class, working class), every grunt and moan and laugh, just makes this whole thing come feel as if you were there. I could never imagine just going back to reading it.
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