Watership Down A Novel

by Adams, Richard; Miller, Madeline

• ISBN13: 9780743277709
• ISBN10: 0743277708
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Scribner

Summary

A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Richard Adams'sWatership Downis a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival 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 forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.

Author Biography

Richard Adams, the son of a country doctor, was born in Newbury in England in 1920. He 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. In 1974 he retired from the civil service and published a series of further books, including Shardik, Tales from Watership Down, Maia, The Plague Dogs, and The Girl in a Swing. Adams died on Christmas Eve, 2016.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xii
PART I THE JOURNEY
1 The Notice Board	3	(5)
2 The Chief Rabbit	8	(5)
3 Hazel's Decision	13	(3)
4 The Departure	16	(6)
5 In the Woods	22	(4)
6 The Story of the Blessing of El-ahrairah	26	(3)
7 The Lendri and the River	29	(4)
8 The Crossing	33	(6)
9 The Crow and the Beanfield	39	(6)
10 The Road and the Common	45	(9)
11 Hard Going	54	(4)
12 The Stranger in the Field	58	(12)
13 Hospitality	70	(9)
14 "Like Trees in November"	79	(14)
15 The Story of the King's Lettuce	93	(7)
16 Silverweed	100	(6)
17 The Shining Wire	106	(15)
PART II ON WATERSHIP DOWN
18 Watership Down	121	(8)
19 Fear in the Dark	129	(10)
20 A Honeycomb and a Mouse	139	(11)
21 "For El-ahrairah to Cry"	150	(11)
22 The Story of the Trial of El-ahrairah	161	(17)
23 Kehaar	178	(19)
24 Nuthanger Farm	197	(8)
25 The Raid	205	(20)
26 Fiver Beyond	225	(4)
27 "You Can't Imagine It Unless You've Been There"	229	(13)
28 At the Foot of the Hill	242	(9)
29 Return and Departure	251	(10)
PART III EFRAFA
30 A New Journey	261	(7)
31 The Story of El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inle	268	(14)
32 Across the Iron Road	282	(8)
33 The Great River	290	(13)
34 General Woundwort	303	(9)
35 Groping	312	(19)
36 Approaching Thunder	331	(5)
37 The Thunder Builds Up	336	(12)
38 The Thunder Breaks	348	(21)
PART IV HAZEL-RAH
39 The Bridges	369	(12)
40 The Way Back	381	(13)
41 The Story of Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog	394	(13)
42 News at Sunset	407	(7)
43 The Great Patrol	414	(8)
44 A Message from El-ahrairah	422	(8)
45 Nuthanger Farm Again	430	(6)
46 Bigwig Stands His Ground	436	(8)
47 The Sky Suspended	444	(10)
48 Dea ex Machina	454	(6)
49 Hazel Comes Home	460	(4)
50 And Last	464	(8)
Epilogue	472	(3)
Lapine Glossary	475