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Watership Down by Richard Adams

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Biography of Richard (George) Adams
5581 words, approx. 18.6 pages
Although he is the author of seven full-length novels, four of which have exclusively human protagonists, Richard Adams is perceived primarily but erroneously to be a writer of pastoral anthropomorphic fantasy. This perception derives from the enormous c...


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Waters hip Down Summary
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Waters hip Down by Richard Adams While working as a civil servant in Great Britain's Department of Environment, Richard Adams began writing Watership Down. The novel developed from stories that Adams told to amuse his two young daughters. At their...
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Watership Down Information
3,365 words, approx. 11 pages
Watership Down is the title of Richard Adams's first and most successful novel. The novel is about a group of rabbits and is named after Watership Down, a hill in the north of Hampshire, England. The story is a heroic fantasy with rabbits of human...


News and Journals
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Publishers Weekly
Tales from Watership Down. (book reviews)
09/23/1996: 305 words, approx. 1 pages
Richard Adams, illus. by John Lawrence. Knopf, $23 (265p) ISBN 0-679-45125-0 As readers of Watership Down (1974) will recall, Adams reached classic heights of inspired storytelling in that fable of the animal kingdom, performing a finely calibrated juggling act between the real...
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
FOR THE FAMILY; `Watership Down' is a serious classic.(VARIETY / FREETIME)
04/05/2002: 341 words, approx. 1 pages
Byline: Randy A. Salas; Staff Writer One might think that an animated movie about bunnies would be strictly kiddie fare. But that's not true of the somber "Watership Down" (4 out of four stars; rated PG for violence). Like the bestselling book...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 90%
A Chapter by Chapter Summary of "Watership Down"
6,600 words, approx. 22 pages
Provides a chapter-by-chapter summary of "Watership Down" by Richard Adams.
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Essay Grade: 86%
Watership Down
996 words, approx. 3 pages
Discusses the novel Watership Down, by Richard Adams. Describes the novel's major themes and how it relates to our society.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Watership Down Vs. the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
832 words, approx. 3 pages
Both Richard Adams' Watership Down and L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz are filled with religious symbolism and allegory. This essay provides examples of such symbolism and offers an explanation of the message intended by both authors, which is centered on prophetic implication and religious associations.
 


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Watership Down by Richard Adams

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