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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?

Dan Yes it does. Yes, like most of us Thoreau has his pet themes. It's ceratinly not a book to read when you are feeling irritated. But I hope you are abl…moreYes it does. Yes, like most of us Thoreau has his pet themes. It's ceratinly not a book to read when you are feeling irritated. But I hope you are able to find inspiration there.(less)

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