Walden: Color Illustrated, Formatted for E-Readers (Unabridged Version)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (891 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B013ESTIZW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Though he realizes its significance and importance, he thinks it unnecessary to always be in search for it. The book compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development.By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. Connection to transcendentalism and to Emerson's essay. Simplicity: Simplicity seems to be Thoreau's model for life. How is this book unique? Formatted for E-Readers, Unabridged & Original version. The book is not a traditional autobiography, but combines autobiography with a social critique of contemporary Western culture's consumerist and materialist attitudes and its distance from and destruction of nature. You will find it much more comfortable to read on your device/app. There are signs of ambiguity, or an attempt to s
Not only is this an excellent alternative for students assigned to read the text that is often offered in tiny print without benefit of margins, but it is also possible to suggest this to thoughtful teens who are seeking an intellectually engaging listening experience for their personal enjoyment. . From School Library Journal Grade 9 & Up--Henry David Thoreau's classic, first published in 1854 and reporting on his experiences at the eponymous site where he lived in physical and social independence during the mid-1840's, receives refreshing treatment here. The chapters are tastefully set off by musical interludes that complement Thoreau's own rhythms. The careful editing here assures that they will not become lost between page and sound.Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CACopyright 2002 Cahn
Brian Flatt said Walden. On my short list of all time favorite books, this one is up there at the top. It doesn't attain the #1 spot, but it's up there, definitely top five.I think it is very interesting to read the reviews and notice that the vast majority of the bad reviews are coming from the young, mainly teenagers who were made to read this in school. The vast majority of the good reviews are coming from the older and the more wizened.I think the youth of today are just so totally enamored with technology and w. Missing quotes Besides irritating formatting issues (as Mr. Wiggings mentioned in his review), I got over a quarter way through before realizing that the quotes are missing! I'd see many lines that just seemed to end with half a thought and a comma or double-dash, with nothing to punctuate his statement (price, poem, song, etc.). I just grabbed the MOBI version from Project Gutenberg ([]) and everything seems to be in order. However be aware that THAT version has no table of contents (DOH!).So it's free, . David Purcell said Wisdom from a Dead White Guy.. Astonishingly enough feminists and snowflakes could learn something from this book, something called tolerance and perhaps compassion. Thoreau's observations on life and self-reflection are more profound and wiser than all the rant and cant blaring and whining on the media today. His observations on the racial situation concerning the pre- Civil War era are sad and disturbing. Disturbing in that there were slaves in Massachusetts as well in his time. Mainly what one should hopefully glean fr