Watership Down

by Richard Adams

• ISBN13: 9780684836058
• ISBN10: 068483605X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• 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 (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.

Table of Contents

PART I THE JOURNEY	3	(106)
1 The Notice Board	3	(5)
2 The Chief Rabbit	8	(4)
3 Hazel's Decision	12	(3)
4 The Departure	15	(5)
5 In the Woods	20	(3)
6 The Story of the Blessing of El-ahrairah	23	(3)
7 The Lendri and the River	26	(3)
8 The Crossing	29	(6)
9 The Crow and the Beanfield	35	(5)
10 The Road and the Common	40	(8)
11 Hard Going	48	(3)
12 The Stranger in the Field	51	(12)
13 Hospitality	63	(8)
14 "Like Trees in November"	71	(12)
15 The Story of the King's Lettuce	83	(6)
16 Silverweed	89	(6)
17 The Shining Wire	95	(14)
PART II ON WATERSHIP DOWN	109	(126)
18 Watership Down	109	(7)
19 Fear in the Dark	116	(9)
20 A Honeycomb and a Mouse	125	(10)
21 "For El-ahrairah to Cry"	135	(10)
22 The Story of the Trial of El-ahrairah	145	(15)
23 Kehaar	160	(16)
24 Nuthanger Farm	176	(8)
25 The Raid	184	(17)
26 Fiver Beyond	201	(4)
27 "You Can't Imagine It Unless You've Been There"	205	(12)
28 At the Foot of the Hill	217	(8)
29 Return and Departure	225	(10)
PART III EFRAFA	235	(96)
30 A New Journey	235	(6)
31 The Story of El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inle	241	(13)
32 Across the Iron Road	254	(7)
33 The Great River	261	(11)
34 General Woundwort	272	(9)
35 Groping	281	(16)
36 Approaching Thunder	297	(5)
37 The Thunder Builds Up	302	(10)
38 The Thunder Breaks	312	(19)
PART IV HAZEL-RAH	331	(93)
39 The Bridges	331	(11)
40 The Way Back	342	(12)
41 The Story of Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog	354	(11)
42 News at Sunset	365	(7)
43 The Great Patrol	372	(7)
44 A Message from El-ahrairah	379	(7)
45 Nuthanger Farm Again	386	(5)
46 Bigwig Stands His Ground	391	(7)
47 The Sky Suspended	398	(10)
48 Dea ex Machina	408	(5)
49 Hazel Comes Home	413	(4)
50 And Last	417	(7)
Epilogue	424	(3)
Lapine Glossary	427