Gus part deer, part boy joins a band of humans and animalchildren hybrids in search of. Listen to watership down audiobook by richard adams, narrated by peter. His brother hazel, who is slightly larger and helps take care of fiver, takes. Cane, their little girl lucy and their farmhands are fictitious and bear no. Prior to watching the bbc and netflixs highly anticipated, bizarrely starstudded adaptation of watership down, the two main things i knew about richard adamss beloved 1972.
Captain broom,primrose,granite,hickory,marigold,moss,spartina,gluk,skree,heather,bark,bats,rats, weasel,hannah,yonain the book yona is male,doesnt appear in the movie and is female in the tv series,hazel and primroses. Limited series trailer 3 in the beginning watership down. The watership down book series by richard adams includes books watership down and tales from watership down. Listen to tales from watership down by richard adams. I liked some of the stories more than others myself. 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. Peter capaldi does an excellent job narrating the story, as well as creating individual voices and personalities for each character.
On one level it is quite a long book, written in fairly adult language which deals with serious issues like life and death. A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and. See the complete watership down series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. But if you follow the protagonists through the book, it becomes kind of a mythology as well as the lapine language, which makes watership down one of my alltimefavorites. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Here there was a delay, for fiver surrounded on all sides by the quiet summer evening became helpless and almost paralyzed with fear. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Pdf watership down book by richard adams free download 478.
Do not watch if you havent finished reading up to the end of part 2. Concerned by troubling visions his brother has about an encroaching threat, hazel and several other rabbits set out in search of a new safe haven. Nuthanger farm is a real place, like all the other places in the book. How different is the movie watership down from the book. Watership down audible audiobook unabridged richard adams author, peter capaldi narrator, blackstone audio, inc. Peter capaldi does an excellent job narrating the story, as. Finally, a book that tells us the honesttogoodness truth about rabbits. I do not claim to own any part of the novel, i am simply reading it out loud to record my. It begins with a birth in an african village in 1750.
Aug 05, 1996 the characters from watership down are back. By the way, i started to read this book because it was mentioned in mostnerdishtolkiencommunities. Watership down audiobook by richard adams 9781982562700. Watership down unabridged edition by richard adams published. Really excellent audio version of the book i read watership down when it came out in the 70s. Watership down is named after a real location in england that is, frankly, pretty boring. Watership down unabridged edition by richard adams published by blackstone audio, inc. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are bigwig, fiver. Comparison there are several differences between the book,film,and tv series, lets find out what they are. Netflixs watership down proves it was a horror story all. Fiver foresees great danger to the rabbits home warren. Watership down is a novel by richard adams that was first published in 1972. The first edition of the novel was published in november 1972, and was written by richard adams. Set in southern england, the story features a small group of rabbits.
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. Recordings of books on the ambleside list 2 librivox wiki. Set in southern england, around hampshire, the story features a small. Tales from watership down audiobook by richard adams. A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home. He ran down the field and over the brook to the cattle wade. But, i am going to join the military so i am recording my voice reading some of my favorite books for my own. A masterpiece like none other, brooks powerful performance of haleys words has been known to leave listeners in tears. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits. 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.
It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the. In the book he makes it to cowslips warren a few days after the main group with bluebell and toadflax. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams. Dec 30, 2018 prior to watching the bbc and netflixs highly anticipated, bizarrely starstudded adaptation of watership down, the two main things i knew about richard adamss beloved 1972 childrens. 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. Tales from watership down is a collection of 19 short stories by richard adams, published in 1996 as a followup to adamss highly successful 1972 novel about rabbits, watership down. Both an exciting adventure story and an involving allegory about freedom, ethics, and human nature, it has delighted. When at last hazel had got him back to the ditch, he refused at first to go underground and hazel had almost to push him down the hole. It consists of a number of short stories of rabbit mythology, followed by several chapters featuring many of the characters introduced in the earlier book.
One thing ill add is about the storyline of captain holly. Watership down, his first book, was published in 1972, and by 1974 he was a fulltime author. Free download or read online watership down pdf epub book. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today.
This recording includes part i, the teaching of naturestudy and part ii, animal life, chapter i, bird study. In 2002, a two part, twohour dramatization of watership down by neville teller was broadcast by bbc radio 4. The bbc broadcast comprised two backtoback episodes per day. Written by richard adams, audiobook narrated by peter capaldi. Although they live in their natural wild environment, with burrows, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Watership down audiobook, unabridged audio cd unknown binding january 1, 2010 4. This video contains spoilers for the first half of the novel. I remember when watership down was first published in 1972. Watership down is an adventure fantasy miniseries directed by noam murro. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Peter capaldi is amazing, voicing so many characters completely convincingly. The watership down rabbits make friends with a badger named bark as well as some bats and rats new characters include. As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorou.
Watership down is an odd book and i can see why publishers were so hesitant to touch it. Best watership down adaptation to date this audio adaptation of watership down is by far the finest adaptation of any kind to date for this book. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren. Watership down unabridged edition by richard adams. Having written over 20 books in his decades long career, adams is now semiretired, and lives with his wife in whitchurch, hampshire. And little had indeed changed when i revisited this beautiful and peaceful part of the world in 2012. Watership down 2018 tvpg 1 season tv shows 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. It was a novel by an unknown english author, richard adams.
Nov 01, 2005 watership down is an odd book and i can see why publishers were so hesitant to touch it. He can tell when things are going to happen and he can sense whether they will be good or bad. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of watership down and what it means. With john hurt, richard briers, ralph richardson, michael graham cox.
Gringa of the barrio uploaded and added to watership down 2 years ago 9. But, i am going to join the military so i am recording my voice reading some of my favorite books for my own enjoyment and for my loved ones. All this time we thought rabbits were just cute, floppyeared carroteaters with a penchant for hopping. Pdf watership down book by richard adams free download.
It was rejected by several publishers before collings accepted the manuscript. With james mcavoy, nicholas hoult, john boyega, ben kingsley. All of a sudden the book watership down was absolutely everywhere and. Fleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home. Listen to watership down by richard adams available from rakuten kobo. But as richard adamss watership down teaches us, rabbits are actually violent, adventurous creatures, with a complex culture and mythology. Watership down is the tale of a group of rabbits in search of a home. Its probably the best voice acting ive heard so far. Watership down readalong discussion parts 1 and 2 youtube. Goodreads members who liked watership down watership. There were no battles there, no famous speeches, no ipod factories or summer music festivals. Moviea doe from sandleford named violet is killed on the way to watership down,no one died. No, its a 2 part dramatisation of richard adams rather good novel about the lives and deaths of a group of rabbits in the english countryside.
Netflixs watership down proves it was a horror story. Having written over 20 books in his decades long career, adams is now semiretired, and lives. It was released on 22 december 2018 in the united kingdom and internationally on netflix the next day. The novel was adapted into an animated feature film in 1978, and later, a television series, which ran from. 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. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 478 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Watership down is a survival and adventure novel by english author richard adams, published by rex collings ltd of london in 1972. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams and adapted by tom bidwell. Watership down has become a beloved classic for all ages. Set in southern england, around hampshire, the story features a small group of rabbits.
1461 981 338 553 1459 664 1114 1212 899 25 1491 497 1516 1474 371 983 637 810 428 1020 1149 682 771 275 850 1454 531 1165 1319 1338 465 495 1137