All Creatures Great and Small (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: James Herriot
- First Published: 1972
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: The village of Darrowby and the Yorkshire countryside in England
- Principal Characters: James Herriot, Siegfried Farnon, Tristan Farnon, Helen Alderson, Mrs. Hall, Miss Harbottle
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
- Subjects: Memory, Love or romance, Nature, Science or scientists, Rural or country life, Doctors, Animals
- Locales: England
Form and Content
In All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot, whose real name is James Alfred Wight, describes his first years of practice as a veterinarian in the Yorkshire region of England in the 1930’s. The work is composed of sketches that have some continuity but that are not arranged in strictly chronological order. Herriot begins with a compellingly detailed scene of a calf being born, and descriptions of such incidents from his practice make up much of the book. Animals become characters with roles that vary from the humorous to the tragic. He tells of...
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