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Richard adams s autobiography, in which is years at prep and public school, at oxford and in the army are all vividly described, and their influence on the recurrent themes in his writing of battle, leadership, friendship, bullying, solitude and longing made plain. Tales from watership down by richard adams abebooks. Buy tales from watership down by adams, richard from amazons fiction books store. The language fragments in the books consist of a few dozen distinct words, used mainly for the naming of rabbits, their mythological characters, and objects in their world.
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