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Walden or, Life in the Woods

Henry David Thoreau

Start date: November 1, 2017

Finish date: November 30, 2017

Why we're reading this: November 2017 Old School Classic Group Read
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Apr 14, 2019 Natasha MacQuarrie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Prior to reading “Walden” I had read good reviews and was familiar with some of the principals that Thoreau promoted in his writings. I was excited to read it and was sure it was going to be much treasured book. Sadly, I did not like or enjoy “Walden”. It fact it was painful to read, often reading two pages was more than enough. There were good points and observations made by the author but he rambled on. I found the text jump from one idea to another and failed to hold my interest.

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Apr 12, 2018 Kendall rated it really liked it

Rare is the book published more than 150 years ago that is as timely as Walden by Henry David Thoroeau. Hipster minimalists, frugal financial independence bloggers, and tiny house dwellers may think they are each sui generis, but their direct intellectual and spiritual grandfather is Thoroeau.

The first chapter (Economy) and the Conclusion are particularly full of ideas that might go viral on Twitter as part of today's zeitgeist:

"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity."

"But lo! men ...more

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