Watership Down - (Scribner Classics) by Richard Adams (Hardcover)

About the Book

Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren so that they can live in peace.

Book Synopsis

Richard Adams's timeless classic, the tale of a band of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world.

A worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey from their native Sandleford Warren, through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, and toward the dream of a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.

Review Quotes

"A classic yarn of discovery and struggle."-- "The New York Times"

"A classic...A great book."-- "Los Angeles Times"

"Quite marvelous...A powerful new vision of the great chain of being."-- "New York Times Book Review"

"Spellbinding...Marvelous...A taut tale of suspense, hot pursuit and derring-do."-- "Chicago Tribune"

"What a relief to read of characters who have honor and courage and dignity, who will risk their lives for others, whose love for their families and friends and community is enduring and effective"-- "New York Review of Books"

About the Author

Richard Adams (1920-2016) was educated at Bradfield College and Worcester College, Oxford. He served in the Second World War and in 1948 joined the civil service. In the mid-1960s he completed his first novel, Watership Down, for which he struggled for several years to find a publisher. It was eventually awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award for children's fiction for 1972. He would go on to publish several more books, including Shardik, Tales from Watership Down, Maia, The Plague Dogs, and The Girl in a Swing.