Watership Down

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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 | Add your feedback

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  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 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | 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

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  All I can say is....this sure as hell isn't a book about bunnies!

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  ― Camille said on Apr 12, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 480 Pages
• Edition: 2
• ISBN-10: 0140306013
• ISBN-13: 9780140306019
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Pub date: Jul 26, 1973
• Dimensions: 19 cm x 13 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher

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