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Watership Down

by Richard Adams

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ISBN13: 9780380002931
ISBN10: 0380002930
Condition: Standard
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One of the most acclaimed, best-loved novels of the 20th century, here is the remarkable epic adventure of courage and survival, as a hardy band of rabbits flee the destruction of their fragile community to face overwhelming adversity in pursuit of a glorious dream called "home".

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"Spellbinding....Marvelous....A taut tale of suspense, hot pursuit, and derring-do." Chicago Tribune

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"Quite Marvelous....A Powerful New Vision of the Great Chain of Being." The New York Times Book Review

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"A Classic....A great book." Los Angeles Times
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Richard Adams is the author of many bestselling novels, including Watership Down, Shardik, The Plague Dogs, The Girl in a Swing, Maia, and Traveller, as well as several works of nonfiction, including his autobiographical The Day Gone By. He and his wife live in the south of England.
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broncosfan203, July 14, 2008 (view all comments by broncosfan203)
This novel is shockingly amazing. It is about a group of rabbits that are expelled from their home. It is about courage, fear, death, leadership and survival. The simple prose is easy to read and immediately arresting. It is truly impossible not to feel nearly every emotion as you read about these little rabbits. Fear, camaraderie, anger, joy. Easily a classic.
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I agree that at first the rabbits are very unsettling, but as you dig deeper into the book the rabbits move from the realm of unsettling to intriguing. The rabbit perspective makes this book tons of fun.
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ILikePoisonDartFrogs, May 15, 2006 (view all comments by ILikePoisonDartFrogs)
I'm 14 and I just finished reading the book. I have to give a speech on it tomorrow for English Class. We had to pick a book off of a reading list to read and I picked it because it was listed as "Fantasy Adventure." Little did I know it was about rabbits... In the beginning I was not into the book, but by the time they setting out on their journey into the dark forest, I was "in." I loved learning all the rabbit terms. It was funny seeing the world from their perspective. I recommend this book to anyone. If you're not into it to begin, just give it some time. you'll get into it.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780380002931
Author:
Adams, Richard
Publisher:
Avon
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
British and irish
Subject:
Adventure stories
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Rabbits
Subject:
Survival
Subject:
Adventure fiction
Copyright:
1972
Publication Date:
19760101
Binding:
Mass Market Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
496
Dimensions:
6.94x4.36x1.14 in. .53 lbs.
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