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Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.
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Watership Down has been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams's bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels, Watership Down is a rich story that can be read (and reread) on many different levels. The book is often praised as an allegory, with its analogs between human and rabbit culture (a fact sometimes used to goad skeptical teens, who resent the challenge that they won't "get" it, into reading it), but it's equally praiseworthy as just a corking good adventure.
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The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics, and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates, Watership Down will continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come. --Paul Hughes
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- PublisherPenguin, 1978
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0140050639
- ISBN 13 9780140050639
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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WATERSHIP DOWN FILM PICTURE BOOK
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated card covers (Paperback) 200 x 240 mm approx. landscape format. Un paginated Paper of book block black illustrated with 250 cover stills from the Martin Rosen production of the film with descriptive text by Richard Adams. First Penguin printing 1978. Very Good (Covers - mild shelf rubbing to covers with colour loss from rubbing to rear panel. Contents clean with no previous owner name or insc.). Seller Inventory # 132784
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