Watership Down by Richard Adams

Watership Down is a heroic fantasy novel about a small group of rabbits, written by British author Richard Adams. Although the animals in the story live in their natural environment, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language (Lapine), proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Evoking epic themes, the novel recounts the rabbits' odyssey as they escape the destruction of their warren to seek a place in which to establish a new home, encountering perils and temptations along the way. The novel takes its name from the rabbits' destination, Watership Down, a hill in the north of Hampshire, England, near the area where Adams grew up. The story is based on a collection of tales that Adams told to his young children to pass the time on trips to the countryside. Published in 1972, Watership Down was Richard Adams' first novel, and is by far his most successful to date. Though it was initially rejected by thirteen publishers before eventually being accepted by Rex Collings Ltd, Watership Down has never been out of print, and was the recipient of several prestigious awards.
The 337th greatest fiction book of all time
This book is on the following lists:
- - 40th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- - 44th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- - 60th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
- - Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)
- - 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (UK))
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