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Watership Down

Author: Richard Adams
Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2018. ©1972
Edition/Format:  Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in the Hampshire Downs in Southern England, an idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of "suspense, hot pursuit, and derring-do" (Chicago Tribune) follows a band of rabbits in flight from the incursion of man and the destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they travel forth from  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Allegories
Fantasy fiction
Fiction
Juvenile works
Adventure stories
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard Adams
ISBN: 9781982117597 1982117591
OCLC Number: 1054368388
Notes: Originally published: Rex Collings, 1972.
Description: xvi, 476 pages : maps ; 20 cm
Responsibility: Richard Adams.

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Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in the Hampshire Downs in Southern England, an idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of "suspense, hot pursuit, and derring-do" (Chicago Tribune) follows a band of rabbits in flight from the incursion of man and the destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they travel forth from their native Sandleford warren through harrowing trials to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society. "A marvelous story of rebellion, exile, and survival" (Sunday Telegraph) this is an unforgettable literary classic for all ages. -- Amazon.

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