Watership Down: A NovelWINNER of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program Now a Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and Grammy award-winner Sir Ben Kingsley. A worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Watership Down is the compelling tale of a band of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—“a classic yarn of discovery and struggle” (The New York Times). Richard Adams’s Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in the Hampshire Downs in Southern England, an idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of “suspense, hot pursuit, and derring-do” (Chicago Tribune) follows a band of rabbits in flight from the incursion of man and the destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they travel forth from their native Sandleford warren through harrowing trials to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society. “A marvelous story of rebellion, exile, and survival” (Sunday Telegraph) this is an unforgettable literary classic for all ages. |
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User Review - themulhern - LibraryThingA tight-knit group of heroes must flee a grim fate, journey across a dangerous territory, and finally defend their new home against impossible odds. Inspiring. The quotations, from many sources, are also excellent. Read full review
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User Review - mattries37315 - LibraryThingThere are many rabbits in popular culture, but none of them are as tough as the rabbits in this book. Watership Down by Richard Adams chronicles a colony of survivors throughout their adventures to ... Read full review
Contents
| 3 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
2 | 70 |
The Shining Wire | 106 |
Watership Down | 121 |
Fear in the Dark | 129 |
A Honeycomb and a Mouse | 139 |
General Woundwort | 303 |
Groping | 312 |
Approaching Thunder | 331 |
The Thunder Builds Up | 336 |
The Thunder Breaks | 348 |
HAZELRAH | 367 |
39 | 369 |
The Way Back | 381 |
For Elahrairah to Cry | 150 |
The Story of the Trial of Elahrairah | 161 |
Kehaar | 178 |
Nuthanger Farm | 197 |
The Raid | 205 |
26 | 225 |
You Cant Imagine It Unless Youve Been There | 229 |
At the Foot of the Hill | 242 |
29 | 251 |
EFRAFA | 259 |
A New Journey | 261 |
The Story of Elahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inlé | 268 |
Across the Iron Road | 282 |
33 | 290 |
The Story of Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog | 394 |
News at Sunset | 407 |
The Great Patrol | 414 |
A Message from Elahrairah | 422 |
45 | 430 |
Bigwig Stands His Ground | 436 |
The Sky Suspended | 444 |
Dea ex Machina | 454 |
Hazel Comes Home | 460 |
And Last | 464 |
Epilogue | 472 |
Lapine Glossary | 475 |
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Page 7 - Wit's sour delights, With gloves, and knots, the silly snares of pleasure, Yet his dear treasure, All scattered lay, while he his eyes did pour Upon a flower.
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| Title | Watership Down: A Novel |
| Author | Richard Adams |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 2009 |
| ISBN | 1439176124, 9781439176122 |
| Length | 496 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Classics Fiction / Coming of Age Fiction / Fantasy / Epic Fiction / Media Tie-In |
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