Donald's review
Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
Donald's review
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Donald's review
rating:
recommended for: Everyone
Who doesn't admire Henry David Thoreau? A social outcast who invented the tactic of civil disobedience that inspired Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr., Thoreau is best remembered today for his book "Walden." Unlike most literary classics, this book is not a work of fiction, and it really has no characters outside of himself. Thoreau's writing ability was never more evident than here, when he takes the seemingly boring subject of a man going back to nature and makes it something special and timeless. The man who said "simplify, simplify" and told us to be tolerant of those who "march to a different drummer" can best be examined through the pages of "Walden," an essential book for all readers.
