Watership Down

by Richard Adams · first published 1972

Watership Down is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams. Set in Hampshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural wild environment, with burrows, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Evoking epic themes, the novel follows the rabbits as they escape the destruction of their warren and seek a place to establish a new home (the hill of Watership Down), encountering perils and temptations along the way.

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Genre:

Fantasy, Children's book

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.2 / 5 (105 on Open Library)

Year page:

1972