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Watership Down by Richard Adams
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Watership Down

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Narrator Peter Capaldi
Length 17 hours 30 minutes
Language English
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One of the most beloved novels of our time, Watership Down is an epic journey, a stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival.

Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits.

As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous characters, and its compelling culture, complete with its own folk history and mythos. Fiverā€™s vision finally leads them to Watership Down, an upland meadow. But here they face their most difficult challenges of all.

A stirring epic of courage and survival against the odds, Watership Down has become a beloved classic for all ages. Both an exciting adventure story and an involving allegory about freedom, ethics, and human nature, it has delighted generations with its unique and charming world, winning many awards and being adapted to film, television, and theater.

Richard Adams (1920ā€“2016) 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. He wrote many novels and short stories, including Watership Down and Shardik.Ā 

Peter Capaldi is a Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter. He has won two BAFTAs, two British Comedy Awards, an Oscar for directing the live-action short film Franz Kafkaā€™s Itā€™s a Wonderful Life, and is the Twelfth Doctor of the long-running BBC program Dr. Who. Capaldi lives in London with his wife and daughter.

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Reviews

ā€œSpellbindingā€¦A taut tale of suspense, hot pursuit, and derring-do.ā€

ā€œIf there is no place for Watership Down in childrenā€™s bookshops, then childrenā€™s literature is dead.ā€

ā€œA classicā€¦A great book.ā€

ā€œMarvelousā€¦A powerful new vision of the great chain of being.ā€

ā€œVeteran character actor Peter Capaldi is the perfect choice to narrate Blackstone Audioā€™s new version of Watership Downā€¦His crisp, woolly rasp confides with a homey, avuncular quality, capturing the wonder in Adamsā€™s rich descriptions of the English countryside in a way that recaptures the intimacy of being read to as a child. He ably handles the exotic, wuffy-fluffy Lapine vocabulary of the rabbitsā€¦and the whole cast with skill reminiscent of Jim Daleā€™s legendary Harry Potter recordings. This is pure audiobook magic for any age.ā€

ā€œNarrator Peter Capaldiā€™s resonant voice is perfect for this rerelease of Adamsā€™s 1972 epic. Besides his natural Scottish accent, Capaldi crafts more than twenty distinctive voices for this storyā€¦Capaldi delivers a riveting version of this wonderful classic. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.ā€

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