Memoir
All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful
2020·882 pages
Warm, humorous memoirs of a young vet treating animals and befriending locals in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Warm, humorous memoirs of a young vet treating animals and befriending locals in the Yorkshire Dales.
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The first two memoirs in the New York Times– bestselling series from an English veterinarian—and the basis for the PBS Masterpiece series. All Creatures Great and Small: In the rolling dales of Yorkshire—a simple, rural region of Northern England—a young veterinarian from Sunderland joins a new practice. A stranger in an unfamiliar land, James Herriot must quickly learn the unique dialect and humorous ways of the locals, master outdated equipment, and do his best to mend, treat, and heal pets an...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mild courtship and marriage subplot; kissing and attraction only
Violence & gore
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Detailed veterinary surgeries, difficult births, injuries, and animal deaths
Profanity
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Occasional mild swearing and colorful rural dialect
Substance use
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Recurring social drinking, pubs, and characters who drink heavily
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation depicted
Religious content
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Hymn-based titles; mild Christian cultural references
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult content present
Political content
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Light 1930s–40s rural England and wartime backdrop
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content
Abuse & suffering
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Animal suffering from illness, injury, and occasional neglect
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