Watership DownWatership Down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—now a Emmy Award-winning Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and Grammy award-winning Sir Ben Kingsley. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society. |
Contents
The Notice Board | 3 |
The Crow and the Beanfield | 9 |
Cannon Heath | 46 |
The Story of the Kings Lettuce | 83 |
The Shining Wire | 95 |
Fear in the Dark | 116 |
A Honeycomb and a Mouse | 125 |
21 | 135 |
The Great River | 261 |
General Woundwort | 272 |
Groping | 281 |
Approaching Thunder | 297 |
The Thunder Builds Up | 302 |
The Thunder Breaks | 312 |
HAZELRAH | 313 |
1 | 320 |
The Story of the Trial of Elahrairah | 145 |
Tumuli | 153 |
23 | 160 |
Nuthanger Farm | 176 |
Ecchinswell | 179 |
The Raid | 184 |
Fiver Beyond | 201 |
You Cant Imagine It Unless Youve Been There | 205 |
At the Foot of the Hill | 217 |
Return and Departure | 225 |
EFRAFA | 233 |
A New Journey | 235 |
The Story of Elahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inlé | 241 |
Across the Iron Road | 254 |
Crossing | 260 |
The Bridges | 331 |
The Way Back | 342 |
The Story of Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog | 354 |
News at Sunset | 365 |
The Great Patrol | 372 |
A Message from Elabrairah | 379 |
Nuthanger Farm Again | 386 |
Bigwig Stands His Ground | 391 |
The Sky Suspended | 398 |
Dea ex Machina | 408 |
Hazel Comes Home | 413 |
And Last | 417 |
Epilogue | 424 |
Lapine Glossary | 427 |
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