Watership Down (Scribner Classics)

About this book

Discoveror revisitthe enchanting world of the Sandleford Warren rabbits in this first-ever illustrated edition of a celebrated modern classic. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for almost forty years Richard Adamss Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in Englands Downs a once idyllic rural landscape this stirring tale of adventure courage and survival follows a band of very special rabbits 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. A book that speaks to our society as vividly as it did nearly half a century ago this keepsake Scribner Classic edition showcases more than twenty sumptuous evocative tip-in paintings from Aldo Galli an illustrator chosen by Richard Adams himself.