Watership Down - full cast dramatizations [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Richard Adams (Author)

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Soundelux Audio Pub (September 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559352310
• ISBN-13: 978-1559352314
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,745,317 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be willing to actually READ this book., February 23, 1999

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This review is from: Watership Down - full cast dramatizations (Audio Cassette)

I have just scanned down this review page and seen several one-star ratings of these books. The arguments are: "There's no action! There's too much description! Talking bunnies are stupid! There's no emotion! There's no meaning!" Not suprisingly, most of these people are high-school students. Most of their reviews are downright idiodic, and one wonders if they actually thought about the words as the read them or simply flipped page after page waiting for something to explode.

This book is outstanding on so many levels it's almost impossible to concieve how these people could miss it. Accepting the rabbits as genuine characters, we uncover worlds of human emotion ... and yet we never step out of the bounds of nature. No action or adventure? Excuse me ... READ THE BOOK! From harrowing chases, to hairsbreadth escapes; from unbearable suspense to manipulative schemes and daredevil strategies, this book is FULL of action, adventure and suspense, based on the author's real-life experiences as a paratrooper in World War II. As if all this weren't enough, "Watership Down" also becomes a complex social allegory, undertaking a detailed and often chilling comparison of the various socio-economic systems that rule this planet. We move from a Monarchy to a Fascist State to Communism ... the worlds of meaning and depth are unparalleled. Yet strangely enough, they are often missed by those who can not look beyond the unorthodox presentation of these important themes. To them, I say go back to the TV set, and don't trouble yourself with fine literature.

Those who liked "Watership Down" should check out Richard Adams' sequel collection of stories, "Traveller", "Shardik" and his masterpiece "The Plague Dogs."

Also, to know the true meaning of adventure, forget Tom Clancy, Steven King, Michael Crichton, etc... Pick up a good translation of Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers": the greatest adventure novel ever written.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Enjoyable listen, February 16, 2009

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Janell L. Bontekoe (Chattanooga, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Watership Down - full cast dramatizations (Audio Cassette)

We have really enjoyed listening to this audio book. I had read the book to my older daughter, but we are loving the voices and inflection of listening this time with my next daughter.