all creatures great and small by james herriot

And the 1940s house in Thirsk, Yorkshire, where Herriot (real name James Alfred Wight) lived and worked is now a museum, attracting visitors from all over the world. There have been two film and three television series adaptations of them (the most recent British TV adaptation aired in Australia earlier this year). The books, eight in total were published in the United Kingdom, with some combined into omnibus versions making six American books.

In the time since, more than 60 million copies of the semi-autobiographical series of books about life as a vet in the 1930s and 40s Yorkshire Dales have been sold. It is 50 years since All Creatures Great and Small was first published.

And when my son is a bit older, I am sure I will read the book to him or he will read it himself. We all watched the BBC adaptation when it was on television. I read my mother’s Pan paperback copy, with its cover image of sheep, farmers, and the vet’s vintage car, when I was growing up. When mum was pregnant with me, dad bought her a paperback copy of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small because it was an easy, pleasant read. HS Prannoy: Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei once in-a-generation athletes, cherished playing against them.Who really wrote the lines ‘If there is Paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this’?.Video: Watch this cat’s dramatic reaction as he protests while getting his nails trimmed.‘Taranath Tantrik’: Fascinating tales of occult practices from a classic Bengali writer.‘A cliff of clay called home’: What a Tibetan prisoner remembers of his motherland’s ancient culture.Remembering the first major Carnatic music concert in the United States.On a propaganda tour in India, the first Black Ivy League professor found complexities and paradoxes.No dating, marriage or childbirth: Why South Korean women are done with men.Hockey, FIH Pro League, India vs Great Britain as it happened: GB top points table with 4-2 win.‘City of Dreams’ season 3 review: Political drama is running out of ways to deliver the shocks.New Parliament building seeks to legitimise Hindutva victory over India’s multicultural past.Modi’s new parliament could see Hindi belt gain, South lose power at the Centre.

All creatures great and small by james herriot