Watership Down, down, down the Rabbit Hole
This is a list of all books and poems from the chapter quotes. Let's dive into all the supporting texts for fun and for a deeper understanding of the themes. I've done my best for picking books that match, but some of these are either hard to get ahold of or swamped with other stuff. In the comments I'll be making a list of the source material you can access for free without worrying about the exact book. This list will be updated as I read!
created by SailUncharted
last updated August, 2026
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PART 1 - THE JOURNEY 1: The Notice Board 🔗Agamemnon by Aeschylus 2: The Chief Rabbit 🔗The World by Henry Vaughan 3: Hazel's Decision 🔗Anabasis by Xenophon 4: The Departure 🔗Hamlet by Shakespeare 5: In the Woods 🔗The Private Life of the Rabbit by R. M. Lockley 6: The Story of the Blessing of El-ahrairah 🔗A Woman Young And Old by W.B. Yeats 7: The Lendri and the River Napoleon Bonaparte quote, I don't believe there is a book for this 8: The Crossing 🔗Acts of the Apostles 9: The Crow and the Beanfield 🔗De Gustibus— by Robert Browning 10: The Road and the Common 🔗The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan 11: Hard Going 🔗Le Morte Darthur by Sir Thomas Malory 12: The Stranger in the Field (See ch.5 for link) 13: Hospitality 🔗The Lotos-eaters by Alfred Tennyson 14: Like Trees in November 🔗Chesterfield's Letters to His Son by The Earl of Chesterfield 15: The Story of the King's Lettuce 🔗Così fan Tutte by Lorenzo da Ponte 16: Silverweed Internet Archive is down, will update later
