I have often sought it out on audible, but it was only there in foreign languages. Richard adams, the creator of watership down, has now died at the age of 96. Hannah is a mouse who hazel saved in the novel,but is turned into a main charcter as a friend of kehaarthe rabbits meet cowslip after getting to watership down spartina is a new mate for bigwig,who never had one in the novelclover is hawkbits mate instead of speedwellskehaar is given a mate in glukprimrose replaces hyzenthlay as hazels mate. She is a good friend of kehaar and has a kind of lovehate relationship with bigwig who feels she is too small to be of any use in a fight, but her bravery more than makes up for her size. Its the black rabbit of inle from watership down, which was one of my favourite films and books. Richard adams tales from watership down similar books. Recalling richard adams watership down which i, like many others, read. Similar to fiver and hyzenthlay, it is understood that she has visions and is a seer. She is very cheerful, has a good sense of humour and is also. As a huge fan of fantasy books, i want others to realize why i love these books, because it might change their mind about reading as well. Is watership down really just a story about rabbits.
Set in southern england, around hampshire, the story features a small group of rabbits. For many readers, watership down was one of the novels that marked a transition from childhood towards adulthood. Watership down was one of this centurys bestloved works of imaginative literature. More than 1 million books in pdf, epub, mobi, tuebl and audiobook formats. I thought that you were going to say that they dont compare because the only parallel is that both books are about rabbits. Note nuthanger farm is a real place, like all the other places in the book. Watership down is a survival and adventure novel by english author richard adams. Cowslips rabbits attack them thinking they are the rest of hazels party and an al. Prior to moving to watership down with kehaar, she lived in nuthanger farm with the farmers dog, duster and cat, tabitha. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. She is the only doe to go to watership down with hazel and the others. Watership down by richard adams and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Word count for famous novels organized commonplace book. Chibiscuitofefrafa 6 4 bigwig and spartina but a bit older winterfrostdragon 54 5 his mind is so much like mine astrogriffin 62 3 spartina lionized throughthemovies 27 1 hazel from watership down ejlightning007arts 21 4 its the only way i know.
Blackberry has skills in herbs and is also referred to as a digging expert. In the second episode of the series, she was used as bait to lure a. Now she sat on her bed, with her skinny legs drawn up to her flat chest, a dogeared paperback copy of watership down open beside her. Richard adamss watership down is a timeless classic. Watership down, which i would feel comfortable describing as one of the finest and most interesting books of the 20 th century, is most accessible to older children and adults, despite having. Watership down the series on watershipdownclub deviantart. Watership down went on to win numerous awards and received film, television, radio and even theater adaptations. Watership down is a survival and adventure novel by english author richard adams, published by rex collings ltd of london in 1972. Humanity wrought through the eyes of bunnies is exactly the kind of fantasy readers under or 14.
Based on this list compiled by nicole humphrey cook. After kehaars departure, hannah tries to learn magic to help her friends on the down and learns to fly with scree. If you like books about animals that really feel like animals, i cannot. Watership down is sort of like a rabbity version of lord of the rings. 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 released that very same day in fact, and even better, peter capaldi was the narrator. Few books ive readand even fewer childrens books convey so strong a sense of indebtedness to ones predecessors as watership down. Hannah from the watership down 1999 tv series decode entertainment. What ive recently realized is that i dont like fantasy books for the reasons that people assume i do.
Discover, or revisit, the enchanting world of the sandleford warren rabbits in this firstever illustrated edition of a celebrated modern classic. Watership down 1978 hannah gordon as hyzenthlay imdb. As the guardian reports, the idea for the book came to adams when his two daughters asked him to entertain them during a long car journey. If you like watership down you might like similar games. Search for watership down by richard adams books in the search form now, download or read books for free, just by creating an account to enter our library. Watership down is an odd book and i can see why publishers were so hesitant to touch it. As soon as we sat down he said, i like your book and id like to publish it.
As children, most of us are exposed to books in one form or another. A new watership down fanart, this time a comic pagelike one. The soundtrack is captivating and i loved the way art garfunkels song was used. I tried my best to portray the style, but i had fun drawing this. Imagine, then, my utter delight when i searched one day and discovered it, unabridged, in english. I loved this novel when i read it as a teenager in the late 1970s and i loved it again this year when i read it aloud to my thirteenyearold daughter, hannah. Why watership down should be on every students reading list. In the second episode of the series, she was used as bait to lure a troublesome. On one level it is quite a long book, written in fairly adult language which deals with serious issues like life and death, making it seem unsuitable for children. Silverweed instead takes her magic into himself to save the down. Watership down winner of the emmy award for outstanding special class animated program now a netflix animated miniseries starring james mcavoy. One thing ill add is about the storyline of captain holly. 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.
Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams. By basing his story on one of the most popular books of the middle ages and renaissance, adams taps into a very old myth. On the unsettling allure of watership down the new. Richard adamss the plague dogs 1978 tells of the adventures of two dogs who escape from an animal experimentation laboratory in richard adamss heroic saga of a mythical past, shardik 1975, people worship a giant bear. This is watership down, my version and it will be like the tv show and if your wondering yes blackberry is a doe in this story, the story features hazel and the others struggling as a single father. Objects in his house become strangely damp with what looks like seawater, bodies appear under the water that arent really there. I like it when people start drawing small comparisons then one great book will recommend the reader to another great book with a very different feel. How different is the movie watership down from the book. Some of us come from a family of bookworms, while others recoil at the sight of a meaty book. Tattoostattoo quoteshannah tattooheather knightwatership downliterary. I rarely see this book get the love here i think it deserves. The watership down book ending is happy, but with a hell of a lot of darkness and sadness thrown in for good measure.
Kids on the precipice of adulthood should be encouraged to read books like watership down whether they have the patience for it or not. Here are just a few examples of books that are similar to watership down. Watership down and the power of notquiteappropriate. A shy young man meets a beautiful woman on a business trip to copenhagen. The invaluable lessons of watership down, a dark classic. All communitiesand all individualsstand on the shoulders of their predecessors, and organize themselves around the stories those forerunners left behind. I was thinking about that circlejerk thread currently blowing up the charts, and heres a staple of high school classes that seems to have been largely forgotten on reddit. See alternate cover edition of isbn 9780380395866 here. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the. Watership down has been one of my favorite books since my childhood. Word count for famous novels organized by hawthorn mineart, under books, writing.
What are other books like watership down by richard adams. Tales from watership down, by richard adams 1998, continues the story of watership down and includes new tales from the rabbit mythology. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of watership down and what it means. Although they live in their natural wild environment, with burrows, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Gilmans lack of faith in the reading comprehension of teenagers aside, his criticism missed the point. Word count for famous novels, in ascending order by number of words. 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 like watership down you might like similar books the grapes of wrath, the princess bride, the golden compass, lord of the flies, a wrinkle in time. Much like blackberry, hannah is a feminist saying whats so special about bucks that they dont dig. Think mystic meg but like, with bunny ears and a coat of lovely fluffy hair. The book may have episodes that upset and shock adams was an admirer of the scottishcanadian writer ernest thompson seton, who. With the help of new found friends like kehaar rik mayall the gull and hannah jane horrocks the mouse, fivers vision leads them to a home called watership down.
Watership down is a terrific adaptation of richard adamss novel. Watership down is likely the only childrens adventure novel that begins with a section from aeschylus agamemnon. It also inspired many other authors to write stories about animals that incorporated mature themes. A summary of chapters 1820 in richard adamss watership down. A tale of courage, loyalty, language a sense of mythical nostalgia makes this story of a treacherous journey and. The watership down rabbits decide to help the unhappy rabbits at efrafa to escape. Books similar to tales from watership down watership down. For average word counts based on genre, see this handy reference. The characters are so richly written that the viewer immediately empathizes and identifies with them. Like orwells animal farm, this isnt only a film for children but equally important for adults. Now, hazel and his friends must establish their warren and protect it from the threats they face which include humans, predators, and especially the menace of a tyrannically.
The watership down book ending is actually way more. Hannah is the mouse character who only appeared in the television series of watership down. Cane, their little girl lucy and their farmhands are fictitious and bear no intentional resemblance to any persons known to me, living or dead. First published in 1972, watership down, by british author richard adams, is a book about rabbits 476 pages of rabbits to be exact. Richard adams watership down not 6497 sellersupplied. In the book he makes it to cowslips warren a few days after the main group with bluebell and toadflax. I think people assume im reading for the orcs and swords and overblown heroic adventures. What is it that makes richard adams watership down so captivating. Like in the book, blackberry is very clever and came up with ideas of using a piece of wood and a boat in episodes 1 and 7.