Tales from Watership Down, Richard Adams
Tales from Watership Down, Richard Adams
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Tales from Watership Down

Author: Richard Adams

Series: Watership Down #1

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/13/2023

Synopsis

Tales from Watership Down is the enchanting sequel to Richard Adams’s classic Watership Down, a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award.Adams returns to the vivid and distinctive world he created in that enduring work, reacquainting readers with the animal characters we know and love, including Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion, and the legendary rabbit hero El-ahrairah. These compelling tales include all-new adventures, with the younger generation of rabbits eager to find out about the heroic age that existed before they were born.Part One includes traditional lore on the character El-ahrairah. Part Two shares tales of his adventures as he and Rabscuttle return home after their encounter with the Black Rabbit of Inlé. Part Three recounts the adventures of Hazel and his companions as they establish their warren on Watership Down after their defeat of General Woundwort.Tales from Watership Down enchants us once again with stories of courage and survival, and the millions of readers who enjoyed Watership Down now have the chance to re-enter this unique and spellbinding world.

About Richard Adams

Richard Adams (1920–2016) wrote many novels and short stories, including Watership Down and Shardik. Watership Down hit the top of the New York Times bestseller list, where it stayed for eight months, eventually becoming Penguin Books’ all-time bestseller. He grew up in Berkshire, England, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the civil service. The success of Watership Down allowed him to leave that work and write full time.

About Simon Vance

Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on July 08, 2020

If you're thinking to read this be warned, its not really a sequel to Watership Down, its pretty fluffy compared to book one and doesn't particularly follow on from the storyline. In fact you don't even see our legendary bunnies until 56% of the way through. The first 55% of this book is Dandelion t......more

Goodreads review by Stefan on April 27, 2012

Tales from Watership Down is a collection of legends and short stories that flesh out the history of the rabbits of Watership Down and continue their story after the events of the original novel. I personally had never read any of Richard Adams works prior to this (I have seen the animated film adap......more

Goodreads review by Gerald on May 18, 2025

In Tales from Watership Down, Richard Adams takes us back to the familiar yet magical world of Watership Down, sharing a delightful collection of stories that dive even deeper into the lives and adventures of our favorite rabbit protagonists. Adams brings us back to those lively landscapes where adve......more

Goodreads review by Sergio on January 06, 2021

En general buen libro. Hay que tener muy claro que no se trata precisamente de la continuación de la historia principal que tanto me gustó de la obra original, sino que son unos cuentos muy cortos pero que cumplen su cometido de expansión del mundo. Me gustó bastante que la expansión no solo se conc......more

Goodreads review by Midu on March 16, 2020

I liked Watership Down a lot. It has charmed generations of kids and I could instantly see why. This anthology, though, left me with mixed feelings. I enjoyed reading what the characters from the previous book were up to. So, those stories were fun. The shorts about the mythical El-ahrairah were bor......more

Quotes

“Simon Vance brings the audiobook to life, employing his vast range of vocal skills to give its huge cast unique voices, accents, and personalities…Hazel’s voice rings with confidence and compassion as he leads his warren and invites migrant rabbits into a safe haven.” AudioFile

“Utterly captivating.” People magazine

“It’s grand to see Mr. Adams’s characters again.” New York Times Book Review

“Adams is a master of characterization and description—and his rabbit vocabulary is priceless…Tales From Watership Down is the sort of work that can transport the reader to a parallel existence.” Baltimore Sun

“A return to the rabbit world so memorably conjured by Richard Adams in Watership Down…Affectionate, compelling, and oddly convincing.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“Memorable animal personalities are still very talky and carry their anthropomorphism with the same grace…A sure hit with all those who have loved the first book.” Booklist

“Mystical, occasionally allegorical, full of whimsy, rich in vivid descriptions of the rabbits’ society and of the natural world, the tales are often suspenseful, frequently amusing, and invariably clever.” Publishers Weekly

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