Watership Down
Richard Adams

“Watership Down is the first and most successful novel by British author Richard Adams. A heroic fantasy about a small group of rabbits, it was published in the UK by Rex Collings Ltd in 1972. Although the animals in the novel live in their natural environment, they are anthropomorphized, possessing their own culture, language (Lapine), proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Evoking epic themes, the novel recounts the rabbits’ odyssey as they escape the destruction of their warren to seek a place in which to establish a new home, encountering perils and temptations along the way.”

Woah. Although I still adore this novel, re-reading it through a feminist lens detracted somewhat from the pure elation I felt as I followed Fiver, Hazel and Bigwig on their journey the first time round.

Still a classic favourite, however.

“Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate.”

“They’d altered what rabbits do naturally because they thought they could do better.”