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Nov 11, 2010
David
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I just read Walden from this compilation of Thoreau’s writing, but I skimmed the rest. I’ve heard Thoreau quoted so many times throughout my life, and have never picked up one of his books. I think Walden is probably his most well-known work, and therefore, a good place to start. He has good insights for the reader and has a way of bringing a thought to a concise statement to get his point across.
He lives out in the woods for 2 years, and in that time, builds a house, plants a field More...
He lives out in the woods for 2 years, and in that time, builds a house, plants a field More...
May 12, 2010
Ty
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i enjoyed it deeply, but there were times i felt he rambled on and on and on...almost getting stuck on a particular subject----at certain times i wanted to tell him to shut up. but i also came to realize that the rambling may be necessary for "city folks" ,who have not had the fortune to spend time outdoors or the southern folks who have never lived though a northern winter. but also, there were times that i could not stop reading ......he had my full attention and imagination. it was
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Nov 10, 2009
Hannah
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Thoreau is a very intellectual man with beautiful naturalistic beliefs that he incorporates into his descriptive books. However, over 300 pages of describing a week on the river is a bit much for me, personally speaking. Thoreau had wonderful points to make about Nature, but trashing the other religions for an entire chapter was a bit harsh. Cape Cod was much better and easier because there was actual dialogue, but Thoreau remains one of the hardest authors I've ever read. Sometimes I like chall
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Dec 04, 2008
Edified
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Sep 16, 2011
Cape Cod and Walden are my personal favorites. A Week of the Concord and Merrimack Rivers will take you some time to trudge through, but then you'll be finished and you'll start Walden and life will be grand again!
Aug 09, 2011
Yawn. Vomit. Terrible. Apart from a few interesting aphorisms and neat-o classical references, this book is a colossal waste of time from a pantheistic nature worshipper.
Dec 29, 2009
Daniel
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I realized that I'm not rereading Walden, but that I'm always reading Walden.
Feb 06, 2008
Erin
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I call Shenanigans! You barely ever lived in the woods! It wasn't even the real woods, it was property of Ralph Waldo Emerson. You had so many parties on Walden Pond you were almost never alone! In jail for tax evasion! Neck-bearded Blueblood, I can't believe in you.
Apr 22, 2008
Chuck
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thoreau is one of my favorite authors. thoreau's take on the world only becomes more applicable over time. i particulary dig "civil disobedience", "life without principle", and "walking".
Feb 11, 2008
Michelle
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I have to read Walden every so often. This essay shaped my thinking and also reminds me of a hilarious class trip to Concord and Walden Pond in 1983.
Nov 09, 2008
Parapraxis
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Thoreau embodies the potential greatness of the "American spirit." Too bad the world has completely ignored his sage example.
Oct 22, 2008
Same with Emerson. I read Walden in HS. Would like to give it a new look with grown up eyes.
Nov 15, 2007
Zina
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Best book ever written, not the easiest to read but poetically intoxicating.
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