Adele answers “I'm bored to hell after enduring the first...”

Leszek Godlewski asked this question about Walden or, Life in the Woods:

I'm bored to hell after enduring the first two chapters (Economy and Where I Lived And What I Lived For). The redundancy of stating the same point in a million different irritates me to no end. Does it get more substantial later?

Adele It’s more of the same I’m afraid. I had to read it in little chunks to cope, but by the end I’d had enough. There are good bits, but you really have t…moreIt’s more of the same I’m afraid. I had to read it in little chunks to cope, but by the end I’d had enough. There are good bits, but you really have to work to get through the waffle.(less)

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by Henry David Thoreau

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