His 1972 book watership down is an epic, on rabbit scale in search of a new warren, a band of rabbits covers eight miles, and most of. If you find and correct errors in the text, please. It tells the story of rabbits and their adventures concerning their warren at a hill in the north of hampshire, england known as watership down in this fantasy book, rabbits with human intelligence are shown in their natural environment. It was a novel by an unknown english author, richard adams.
Holly is a major character in the watership down franchise. Ironically, the biggest threat to the watership down warren is not from elil, but from general. The first is the struggle for the refugee rabbits from the sandleford warren to find a new, safe home. With the help of their useful new friend, a blackheaded gull named kehaar, they locate a nearby warren called efrafa, which is overcrowded and has many does. When fall arrives, the community is pleased to welcome several litters of new rabbits from the does they freed. Released on 19 october 1978, the film was an immediate success and it. It tells the story of rabbits and their adventures concerning their warren at a hill in the north of hampshire, england known as watership down. In 1978 the book was turned into an animated movie and then in 1999 to 2001 it was a television show. Watership down the tv show as a book with a few changes. All of a sudden the book watership down was absolutely everywhere and people were reading it on buses, trains, park benches all over the place. Watership down is a survival and adventure novel by english author richard adams, published by rex collings ltd of london in 1972.
The rabbits plan a daring rescue from efrafa that requires crafty infiltration by bigwig. Dec 11, 2012 tales from watership down is the sort of work that can transport the reader to a parallel existence. In the watership down tv series, the black rabbit is voiced by stephen mangan and is portrayed as more magical while having a warren called darkhaven. Begin in newbury, and follow the book through newtown common, ecchinswell, overton and whitchurch. Although watership down is a peaceful habitat, hazel realises there are no does, making the future of the warren certain to end with the inevitable deaths of the rabbits present. Former captain of the owsla until he and other rabbits of the owsla decide to go with hazel and company to watership down,he later joinsand betrays efrafa to bring back does to the group,and fights with woundwort to protect watership down,he is a powerful and brave rabbit who sometimes does not believe fivers visions. Kehaar returns to watership down and helps remove the buckshot pellets from hazels hindquarters, using his beak. May 24, 2015 they flee,with woundwort and his owsla in persuit. In this fantasy book, rabbits with human intelligence are shown in their natural environment. After the war, some of these rabbits emigrate to watership down or the third warren between watership down and efrafa. In this section you will find a selection of the excellent 1. The nazis came into my depiction of the efrafa warren, he said. You would like it to be a happy ending, and that is why it is popular, but in reality the watership down warren probably becomes a pile of rotting bodies too thanks to humans.
From the top of watership down, the steep north face of the hampshire downs stretches left and right in an endless crescent that reaches to the horizon. On the unsettling allure of watership down the new. I agree, efrafa is certainly meant to be a right wing dictatorship and watership down much more democratic. As the slaves hopped back into the warren they saw campion and vervain standing beneath woundworts platform in the main burrow. Hazels group of rabbits leaves the deadly warren and makes a new home on watership down, which doesnt have a lot of water and isnt a ship.
Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Nuthanger farm is a real place, like all the other places in the book. He speaks of the efrafa warren nearby which houses many rabbits. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of watership down and what it means. The idea is tempting to woundwort, but he cant accept it and declares war. Cane, their little girl lucy and their farmhands are fictitious and bear no. Tales from watership down is the sort of work that can transport the reader to a parallel existence. Fiver foresees great danger to the rabbits home warren. The contents include film stills linked with a combination of narration and extracts from the script, as well as a preface by adams and a foreword by rosen. Watership down is a 1978 british animated adventuredrama film, written, produced and directed by martin rosen and based on the 1972 novel by richard adams. However, on the way back to watership down, a patrol from efrafa bumps into them, and captain campion tracks them and finds their warren.
Dec 14, 2018 watership down, the 1972 richard adams novel, is one of the bestselling books in history, a beloved story of rabbits forced to flee their warren as a planned british subdivision digs into the. The book also has a sequel, tales from watership down, which was first published in 1996. May 15, 2018 his 1972 book watership down is an epic, on rabbit scale in search of a new warren, a band of rabbits covers eight miles, and most of the action takes place in less than six months. The watership down walk berkshire, england alltrails. In the sandleford warren, the threarah is noted for being a very dangerous fighter, and when captain holly arrives at watership down, he too assumed that bigwig must be chief rabbit. Watership down simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Woundwort used his tireless zeal and fear to win the loyalty and control of his followers. I think that watership down is about freedom and equality left wing, whereas efrafa is about hierarchies and ranks right wing. A warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the classic novel by richard adams. Watership down is the tale of a group of rabbits in search of a home.
But general woundwort and the efrafa rabbits launch a costly fullscale attack on the new. When most people my age think of watership down their minds tend to immediately turn not to the classic 1972 novel by richard adams, but to the animated film adaptation that traumatised legions of children with its melancholy english accents, rabbit visionaries and torrents of blood flooding over a bucolic countryside. The efrafa warren is run by a hitler image tyrant who kills all who oppose him and runs a tightly controlled warren with no freedom of movement for the members. Set in southern england, around hampshire, the story features a small group of rabbits. Watership down, the 1972 richard adams novel, is one of the bestselling books in history, a beloved story of rabbits forced to flee their warren as. Dec 15, 2018 is watership down really just a story about rabbits.
Watership down richard adams read online free books. Watership down, richard adams first novel, made its way into my life in the christmas of 1974 and has drawn me back to its yellowing pages ever since. A picture book adaptation was also produced, titled the watership down film picture book. Watership down is a novel written by richard adams. My grandpas greatest story, watership down, published in 1972, began on one such journey to stratford.
A worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, watership down is the compelling tale of a band of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the worlda classic yarn of discovery and struggle the new york times. They have their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry and mythology. A summary of chapters 3335 in richard adamss watership down. When most people my age think of watership down their minds tend to immediately turn not to the classic 1972 novel by richard adams, but to the animated film adaptation that traumatised legions of children with its melancholy english accents, rabbit visionaries and torrents of blood flooding over a bucolic. Two editions of the book were published, one a hardcover, the other a reinforced clothbound edition. He can tell when things are going to happen and he can sense whether they will be good or bad. The book went on to sell millions of copies around the world. Watership down the politics of watership down showing 1. Watership down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the worldnow a emmy awardwinning netflix animated miniseries starring james mcavoy, nicholas hoult, and oscar and grammy awardwinning sir ben kingsley. This feature seemingly condemns it to a future where the population dwindles to nothing.
After the watership down rabbits hatched and executed a plan to steal does from efrafa which ultimately ended in the defeat of general woundwort, efrafa and the watership down warren became close allies. Twentyfive years after writing watership down richard adams wrote a sequel, tales from watership down. It was financed by a consortium of british financial institutions and was distributed by cinema international corporation in the united kingdom. Bitsnbobstones the real watership down location maps. The second is the war between the protagonist rabbits and the rival warren known as efrafa. Dec 19, 20 watership down, richard adams first novel, made its way into my life in the christmas of 1974 and has drawn me back to its yellowing pages ever since. Immediately below, the intensely private manor house named sydmonton court stands surrounded by its parks and fields, an intact relict of former glories. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. It was built around the crossing point of two green bridle paths, one of which was tunnellike, bordered on both sides by brush. Efrafa was a large warren founded by the powerhungry and aggressive general woundwort.
My mother remembers the tale of rabbits and their search for a new home as being far more simple, and anthropomorphic, in its early guises. In the watership down animated film, the black rabbit is voiced by joss ackland and is the same as the book. Luckily surviving, holly joined a small group of rabbits who had fled sandleford just before its destruction and that he had attempted to arrest. Hazel plans to help found a new warren between efrafa and watership down to allow both populations to prosper and grow. I remember when watership down was first published in 1972.
Is watership down really just a story about rabbits. Although a few places have been omitted unavoidably given the distance the rabbits travel i believe that the most important places are covered. The cowslip warren is a strange one, im not sure it fits in because they are all ignoring the danger of living on land full of snares. On the unsettling allure of watership down the new york times. I never saw them as part of that or maybe they are just less defined. Hazels group meets kehaar, a blackheaded seagull who finds a nearby warren for them called efrafa, which is overpopulated with both males and females.
Which nicely proves again that not all the rabbits in efrafa were evilthey just followed an evil rabbit. Watership down the story that traumatised children of the 1970s is back. But watership down, richard adamss novel, is, although notionally for children, in many respects an adults novel. Watership down is idyllic, with the exception that there are no females. Using a boat to float down the river,they evade capture,helped by kehaar. Watership down might actually be the exception to this rule.
The first group of watership down or honeycomb rabbits barely escape with their lives. Holly pipes up and warns the other rabbits not to go there. Limited series trailer 3 in the beginning watership down. Youll see sandleford warren, the enborne river, nuthanger farm, watership down, efrafa, the railway arch, and the grave of richard adams himself. And the efrafa warren, run by the monstrous general woundwort. He is a rabbit and was the captain of the owsla the rabbits guards who protects the warren from sandleford until it was destroyed by humans.
Based once again on the 1972 book, the new version of course deploys all the uptodate wizardry of modern. Watership down the politics of watership down showing 115. Dec 10, 2018 the book also has a sequel, tales from watership down, which was first published in 1996. A walking trail through the setting of richard adams famous novel, watership down. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams. The rabbits in watership down stay for peace, but the rabbits in efrafa stay because of the fear instilled by the military. A rabbit named holly who stayed behind in sandleford comes to tell them that humans destroyed the warren after hazels group left, proving fiver correct. This category is for characters, locations and terminology associated with the warren at efrafa. Watership down book by richard adams official publisher. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.
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