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Modern Library (1950), Hardcover, 732 pages
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With their call for " simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!" , for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are "Walden," his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, "Civil Disobedience" and "Life Without Principle," A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature--and of himself--is recorded in selections from "A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods" and "The Journal,"
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LibraryThing member gordonkeller
Wonderful and challenging reading.
LibraryThing member br14kabu
Walden is both incredibly intriguing and possibly one of the slowest books I've ever read. It has no true meaning to it, no over arching plot, no characters, I can't even call it a story. But what it is, is a fantastic piece of art that delves into the human mind, and connects us to nature, even if
Most of this book is Henry explaining or ranting about the ways of how his world works. About how working for a superior, and making their money, is not living. Working your whole life, for measly pennies, is not living. Going back into nature, where you don't have to work for your food or home. Instead, its just there, natures treasures are not one mans alone, but any man can take as much as they want. You background is no measly square patch of grass inside a fence. It's nature itself, and it will always be open to explore.
I can't exactly discuss this book in detail since there's not much to talk about. The beginning is extremely boring, and it moves a pace that will make a teen throw the book out the window. But its underlying tones, and in depth writing style, I find that its a classic, and should stay a classic. Its not the greatest thing you will ever read, but I do reccomend giving it a shot, as Henry's philosophies may change you.
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we deny ourselves the fact that we ourselves, completely rely on it. Henry David Thoreau always said simplify, simplify, and simplify he did. He showed the world that everything can change, with a simple choice. Nature, or work.Most of this book is Henry explaining or ranting about the ways of how his world works. About how working for a superior, and making their money, is not living. Working your whole life, for measly pennies, is not living. Going back into nature, where you don't have to work for your food or home. Instead, its just there, natures treasures are not one mans alone, but any man can take as much as they want. You background is no measly square patch of grass inside a fence. It's nature itself, and it will always be open to explore.
I can't exactly discuss this book in detail since there's not much to talk about. The beginning is extremely boring, and it moves a pace that will make a teen throw the book out the window. But its underlying tones, and in depth writing style, I find that its a classic, and should stay a classic. Its not the greatest thing you will ever read, but I do reccomend giving it a shot, as Henry's philosophies may change you.
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