James Herriot's books were televised in the enormously popular series All Creatures Great and Small. Heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure, If Only They Could Talk is a book for all those who find laughter and joy in animals, and who know and understand the magic and beauty of Britain’s wild places. The book consist on 208 pages and it is divided in 31 chapters each chapter contains interesting stories about the important job of a vet, some of them are very.
On the other he must contend with herds of semi-feral cattle, gruff farmers with incomprehensible accents and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo.
On the one hand there are his new colleagues, Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, two brothers who attract a constant stream of local girls to whom James is strangely invisible. But even life in the sleepy village of Darrowby has its challenges. To a Glaswegian like James, 1930s Yorkshire appears to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. All Creatures Great and Small is based on the first two novels, If Only They Could Talk (1970) and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972), and was given the same title as the 1972 U.S. James Herriot (book series) Bill Sellars (original TV series) Young James Herriot: Johnny Byrne and Kate Croft If Only They Could Talk (book) List of books. When the newly qualified vet, James Herriot, arrives in the small Yorkshire village of Darrowby, he. 'I grew up reading James Herriot's book and I'm delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then.' – Kate Humbleįresh out of Veterinary College, and shoulder-deep in an uncooperative cow, James Herriot’s first job is not panning out exactly as expected. If Only They Could Talk (Paperback, Unabridged edition).
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