An edition of Watership Down (1972)

Watership Down

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An edition of Watership Down (1972)

Watership Down

  • 4.1 (87 ratings) ·
  • 404 Want to read
  • 12 Currently reading
  • 117 Have read

Watership Down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—soon to be a BBC and 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.

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Publisher
Avon Books
Language
English
Pages
478

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Cover of: Watership Down
Watership Down
2014, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Watership Down
Watership Down
2012, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Watership down
Watership down
2012, Puffin
in English - 40th anniversary ed.
Cover of: Watership down
Watership down: Roman
2001, Ullstein
in German
Cover of: Watership Down
Watership Down
Oct 04, 2001, Penguin Books Ltd
paperback in English
Cover of: Watership Down (Puffin Modern Classics)
Watership Down (Puffin Modern Classics)
October 28, 1993, Puffin Books
Cover of: Watership Down
Watership Down
September 1993, Avon Books
in English
Cover of: Watership Down
Watership Down
Oct 11, 1976, imusti, Paradine Press
hardcover
Cover of: Watership Down
Watership Down: a novel
1975, Avon Books
in English
Cover of: Waterschapsheuvel
Waterschapsheuvel
1975, Het Spectrum
Paperback in Dutch
Cover of: Watership Down (Puffin Books)
Watership Down (Puffin Books)
July 26, 1973, Puffin Books
in English

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First Sentence

"The primroses were over. Toward the edge of the wood, where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond, only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog's mercury and oak tree roots. On the other side of the fence, the upper part of the field was full of rabbit holes. In places the grass was gone altogether and everywhere there were clusters of dry droppings, through which nothing but the ragwort would grow."

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Page 13
Map
Page 14
Table of Contents cont.
Page 16
Part I. The Journey
Page 17
Chapter 1. The Notice Board
Page 17
Chapter 2. The Chief Rabbit
Page 23
Chapter 3. Hazel's Decision
Page 28
Chapter 4. The Departure
Page 31
Chapter 5. In the Woods
Page 36
Chapter 6. The Story of the Blessing of El-ahrairah
Page 40
Chapter 7. The Lendri and the River
Page 44
Chapter 8. The Crossing
Page 47
Chapter 9. The Crow and the Beanfield
Page 53
Chapter 10. The Road and the Common
Page 59
Chapter 11. Hard Going
Page 67
Chapter 12. The Stranger in the Field
Page 71
Chapter 13. Hospitality
Page 84
Chapter 14. "Like Trees in November"
Page 92
Chapter 15. The Story of the King's Lettuce
Page 106
Chapter 16. Silverweed
Page 113
Chapter 17. The Shining Wire
Page 119
Part II. On Watership Down
Page 133
Chapter 18. Watership Down
Page 133
Chapter 19. Fear in the Dark
Page 141
Chapter 20. A Honeycomb and a Mouse
Page 151
Chapter 21. "For El-ahrairah to Cry"
Page 162
Chapter 22. The Story of the Trial of El-ahrairah
Page 173
Chapter 23. Kehaar
Page 190
Chapter 24. Nuthanger Farm
Page 208
Chapter 25. The Raid
Page 217
Chapter 26. Fiver Beyond
Page 236
Chapter 27. "You Can't Imagine It Unless You've Been There"
Page 241
Chapter 28. At the Foot of the Hill
Page 254
Chapter 29. Return and Departure
Page 263
Part III. Efrafa
Page 271
Chapter 30. A New Journey
Page 271
Chapter 31. The Story of El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inlé
Page 278
Chapter 32. Across the Iron Road
Page 292
Chapter 33. The Great River
Page 300
Chapter 34. General Woundwort
Page 313
Chapter 35. Groping
Page 322
Chapter 36. Approaching Thunder
Page 341
Chapter 37. The Thunder Builds Up
Page 346
Chapter 38. The Thunder Breaks
Page 357
Part IV. Hazel-rah
Page 375
Chapter 39. The Bridges
Page 375
Chapter 40. The Way Back
Page 388
Chapter 41. The Story of Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog
Page 401
Chapter 42. News at Sunset
Page 414
Chapter 43. The Great Patrol
Page 421
Chapter 44. A Message from El-ahrairah
Page 429
Chapter 45. Nuthanger Farm Again
Page 437
Chapter 46. Bigwig Stands his Ground
Page 442
Chapter 47. The Sky Suspended
Page 450
Chapter 48. Dea ex Machina
Page 461
Chapter 49. Hazel Comes Home
Page 466
Chapter 50. And Last
Page 470
Epilogue
Page 479
Glossary. Lapine Glossary
Page 482

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OL7431101M
ISBN 10
0380004283
ISBN 13
9780380004287
Library Thing
1537
Goodreads
1354217

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