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Watership Down

By Richard Adams

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780380002931

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Book Description

One of the most beloved novels of our time, Richard Adams's Watership Down takes us to a world we have never truly seen: to the remarkable life that teems in the fields, forests and riverbanks far beyond our cities and towns. It is a powerful saga of courage, leadership and survival; an epic Continue

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nybooks published on Sun, 22 Aug 2010

12 Reviews

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My favourite book ever. I've read it at least 15 times (first in Italian then in English), and every single time there is something new in there, something I hadn't noticed, and every time I get lost in the rabbits' world, in their habits, in their fears and needs...

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Marco Piva said on Feb 11, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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A vivid tale of rabbits finding a new life for themselves.

I had not read this book in school - although I know many who did - so I was pleasantly surprised at how well it was written, and even enjoyable for someone twice as old as a high schooler.
There are segments of "over-wording," where the details are piled on and described for pages at a time ... (continue)

I had not read this book in school - although I know many who did - so I was pleasantly surprised at how well it was written, and even enjoyable for someone twice as old as a high schooler.
There are segments of "over-wording," where the details are piled on and described for pages at a time, but overall the story flows very well. At times you are in the rabbits' world, sensing their fear and excitement as though you were there.
A long read, but well worth the effort in the end.

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JaxSean said on Oct 31, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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"Hell of a book! It's about bunnies!"
- James "Sawyer" Ford

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Wanderer said on Dec 20, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Animal literature is not just my thing. I found it pretty boring.

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Serena said on Jan 11, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

Watership Down

Unbelievable! You keep forgetting the main characters are rabbits, even though the author keeps reminding us by alluding to their habits and behaviors. One of my all-time favorites!

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1stcitysearcher said on Sep 10, 2009 | Add your feedback

A birthday gift from my Dad on my 10th birthday. An inscription from Wallace Stevens's "A Rabbit As King of the Ghosts":[return] [return] The difficulty to think at the end of the day,[return] When the shapeless shadow covers the sun[return] And nothing is left except light on your fur-- ... (continue)

A birthday gift from my Dad on my 10th birthday. An inscription from Wallace Stevens's "A Rabbit As King of the Ghosts":[return] [return] The difficulty to think at the end of the day,[return] When the shapeless shadow covers the sun[return] And nothing is left except light on your fur--[return] .....[return] And to feel that the light is a rabbit-light,[return] In which everything is meant for you[return] And nothing need be explained...

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Becky said on Nov 10, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback