[By Richard Adams ] Watership Down

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*Watership Down* is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—soon to be a BBC and Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and Grammy award-winning Sir Ben Kingsley. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Richard Adams's *Watership Down* is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.

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People: Hazel (fictional rabbit character),  Fiver (fictional rabbit character),  Bigwig (fictional rabbit character),  Captain Holly (fictional rabbit character),  General Woundwort (fictional rabbit character),  El-ahrairah (fictional rabbit character),  Rabscuttle (fictional rabbit character),  Kehaar (fictional seagull character)

Places: Sandleford Warren (England),  Watership Down (England),  Nuthanger Farm (England),  Efrafa (England)

Times: 20th century