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Watership Down

Richard Adams

Published1972
Pages479
Open Library4.1 / 5
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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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People

  • Hazel (fictional rabbit character)
  • Fiver (fictional rabbit character)
  • Bigwig (fictional rabbit character)
  • Captain Holly (fictional rabbit character)
  • General Woundwort (fictional rabbit character)
  • El-ahrairah (fictional rabbit character)
  • Rabscuttle (fictional rabbit character)
  • Kehaar (fictional seagull character)

Times & places

  • 20th century
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