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Watership Down

By Richard Adams

Scribner, 474 pages, $14 paper

On a gloomy day, a trip to England’s downs–in the form of this tale, now in print more than 30 years–hits the spot. Utterly charming and poignant in its realistic depiction of lapin life, the book’s heart is the richness of souls engaged in the ancient search, and struggle, for a home.