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All Creatures Great and Small: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor Audiobook
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**This program is read by Nicholas Ralph, star of the PBS Masterpiece series**
A tie-in to the PBS Masterpiece series and Christmas special, available on streaming and home video.
All Creatures Great and Small is first volume in the multimillion copy bestselling 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 fifty 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
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"Nicholas Ralph is an amazing reader I am so happy with this purchase . I loved The tv series, and this book is like having many more seasons of All creatures great and small. His accents are amazing. I would recommend this version to anyone who loves listening to audiobooks, especially if they have seen the tv series. "
— Arualann (5 out of 5 stars)
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“One of the funniest and most likeable books around.”
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“With seemingly effortless art, this man tells his stories with perfect timing and optimum scale.”
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“Herriot charms because he delights in life, embraces it with sensitivity and gusto, and writes with grace.”
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“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…A talented mimic, the star of the newer BBC production can hold the stage alone, taking both voices in an argument…Ralph channels the Herriot magic, wrapping these tough eccentrics in a light that cheers and ennobles us all. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“One of the funniest and most likeable books around.
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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.
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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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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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A New York Times Bestseller
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Winner of the 2022 Audie Award for Best Narration in Literary Fiction/Classics
All Creatures Great and Small Listener Reviews
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" It’s incredible how he has mastered the voices of the characters from the TV series on PBS. It is the best audiobook I have ever listened to. I feel like I’m watching bonus episodes of the beloved All Creatures Great and Small. I hope he does more. Please! "
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Rebecca Jensen, 8/30/2023
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Lea Foti, 11/8/2022
About James Herriot
James Herriot (1916-1995) was the bestselling author of memoirs, including All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise and Wonderful, The Lord God Made Them All, and Every Living Thing. At age twenty-three, he qualified for veterinary practice with the Glasgow Veterinary College and moved to the town of Thirsk in Yorkshire to work in a rural practice. He would live in, work in, and write about the region for the rest of his life. Though he dreamed for years of writing a book, his veterinary work and his family kept him busy, and he did not start writing until the age of fifty. In 1979, he was awarded the title Order of the British Empire (OBE). His veterinary practice in Yorkshire, England, is now tended by his son, Jim Wight.
About Nicholas Ralph
Nicholas Ralph is a Scottish actor who grew up in Nairn in the Highlands and graduated from the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2017. He made his screen debut in All Creatures Great and Small, playing protagonist James Herriot. He narrated the audiobook of the original novel All Creatures Great and Small, which won the prestigious Audio Award in 2022 for Best Narration in Literary Fiction & Classics.