Watership Down Paperback - 1992
by Richard Adams
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Reviewers largely describe Watership Down as a vivid, high-stakes adventure whose mature, sometimes brutal episodes belie its reputation as a children’s book. Many praised Adams’s knack for making the rabbits feel authentically animal while sustaining rich characterization, along with the embedded folklore of El?ahrairah and pointed social and ecological themes—especially the authoritarian Efrafa storyline. The prose and close-to-nature detail earned admiration, and the audiobook narration drew praise. Common complaints included a slow start, stretches of heavy landscape detail and Lapine terminology, and dated gender treatment; a minority found it dull or did not finish. For many, though, the bond with Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, and Kehaar and the emotionally charged finale made it memorable.
Readers say this book is:
immersiveintensedarkthought-provokingemotionalrich world-buildingslow startdivisivecharacter-drivenallegoricalAfter hearing of Richard Adams' death, I turned once again to a book I have long considered to be a best friend. This adventure story pulls you into a world unseen by humans. The characters are human enough to relate to but animal enough to remain rabbits. The story is captivating and relevant. No matter how many times I read it, I can never put it down while reading the last quarter, it's so suspenseful and exciting. The characters have been beloved of me for many years and I only hope that I have Fiver's insight, Hazel's authority, Bigwig's strength, and Blackberry's wits.
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MacMillan published the first Edition U.S. hardcover copy in 1972. Characterized by tan cloth binding and tan paper over boards, the spine and cover are stamped in gilt.
The first UK edition was published by Rex Collings, London, in 1972. Characterized by brown cloth wrapping and folding map, as well as a yellow dust jacket.
Details
- Title Watership Down
- Author Richard Adams
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin UK, London
- Publication date November 1992
- ISBN 9780140039580 / 0140039589
- Reading level 880
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Adventure fiction
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 78315891
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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