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Watership Down Paperback - 1992

by Richard Adams

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Watership Down is an allegorical fantasy novel written by British author Richard Adams, narrating the adventures of a small group of anthropomorphized rabbits as they escape the destruction of their homeland. The story is set in England’s Downs, an idyllic rural home to the small native creatures who possess their own cultures, languages, poetry and mythology. They are soon faced with the settlement of humanity and watch as their land is ravaged by farmland and industrialized commercial advancement. In fear of their lives they leave their homes in hope of finding safety for their family and friends, despite the temptations and perils they are forced to struggle with along the way.

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First edition identification

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.

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  • 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

About the author

Richard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Service. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as a book. It quickly became a huge success with both children and adults, and won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal in 1972. Richard Adams has written many novels and short stories, including Shardik and The Plague Dogs.

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Penguin Books, 1977. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:0140039589
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Front room Orange a5: Penguin Books, 1974. Paperback. Used: Acceptable. Paperback in average condition. 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. 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… Read more
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Penguin UK, 1973. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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by Richard Adams

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Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin UK, 1973. Reprint of 1976 . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Softcover/VG/strong & sound w/loss to upper front by spine, faint creasings to spine, sticker removal scars to back. PO name to fEP. Classic animal literature. Celebrated debut novel by English writer Richard George Adams (1920 - 2016), winner n of the Carnegie Medal (UK) and Guardian Prize (UK). Adapted to film (1978), an animated children's television series, and a miniseries available on Netflix (2018), An epic saga of heroic acheivements set in southern England near Hampshire. Our heroes are a small band of rabbits. Although they continue to live in burrows in thel wild, they are thoroughly anthropomorphised, possessing a fully developed culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Evoking epic themes, the novel follows the groups as they escape imminent destruction of their warren in search of a new homeland. They will utlimately settle in the hill of… Read more
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