![]() ![]() From the beginning, the fact of seeing of the world and the initial surroundings of Sandleford Warren through the eyes of the rabbits is something which, as readers, we don't question. "The primroses were over:" the seasonal melancholy of the first line runs as a thread through the text, its sad beauty drawing us in. For me it continues to hold the lure and the comfort of a pilgrimage to be made and remade. A present from a much loved uncle, the story of the quest for survival by a brave, easy to love band of rabbits, seemed to combine the intimacy of a myth with the scale of a battle. Watership Down, Richard Adams' first novel, made its way into my life in the Christmas of 1974 and has drawn me back to its yellowing pages ever since. ![]()
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