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    <body><![CDATA[We read some excerpts of Walden in my high school American Literature class, and I've heard Thoreau quoted many times over the years, so I decided to finally read the book. It was definitely a different type of book than I usually read, because Thoreau records his daily activities and philosophical ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79003267">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Walden is a fictionalized account of Thoreau's attempt to find a spiritual awakening by returning to a simple life in the woodlans of Massachusetts.  <br/><br/>It is also an attempt to wake up most of society to the potential for greatness that lies within each of us.<br/><br/>I love especially ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61232190">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I received this collection of writings, include Walden, from my friend, Tracey. It has sat on many a bookshelf and has been packed in many a box as I moved from place to place over the years. I finally picked it up about 3 years ago and read &quot;Walden&quot;. It definitely ranks high on my &quot;e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62575837">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll admit it took me a while to finish this book, but it was worth it.  I was surprised by the modern the tone and how personal, even experimental, it was at times. It's easy to see why it endures.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book contains a collection of thoreau's work. some of it was a struggle for me to get through, but i still give it 5 stars]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the. simplicity. of. living. is so easy and so hard. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sublime at times. &quot;There are probably words addressed to our condition exactly, which, if we could really hear and understand would be more salutary than the morning or the spring to our lives...The book exists for us perchance which will explain our miracles and reveal new ones. The at present...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42504459">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Everyone who wishes to live simply should read this book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a classic bit of lit from Mr. Thoreau.  I'm only about halfway through Walden, but you get the picture of a stubborn, bitter, sarcastic but brilliant writer who saw through all the technology and modernism of his day.  At times, Thoreau waxes quite spiritual, quoting from the Bhagavad Gita a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33162662">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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