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Walden or Life in the Woods
Walden or Life in the Woods
Author: Henry David Thoreau
In 1845 Thoreau leased some land owned by his friend and mentor, Ralph Waldo Emerson on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, and lived in a cabin on it for two years, two months, and two days. The experience gave Thoreau the chance to make keen observations on the world around him. The result became an American classic: Walden explore...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781566193061
ISBN-10: 1566193060
Publication Date: 4/1994
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  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Dorset Press
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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buzzby avatar reviewed Walden or Life in the Woods on + 6062 more book reviews
I got a little bogged down with all the details of fashioning things for his living, I never did figure out how he jury-rigged a remote for his TV. Anyway, it's amazing how far we as a society has gotten away from his attitudes of independence, we just seem to get busier and busier.
jdauntless avatar reviewed Walden or Life in the Woods on + 112 more book reviews
The classic well done.
Alison avatar reviewed Walden or Life in the Woods on + 551 more book reviews
Thoreau's classic memoir of his time at Walden Pond, read by poet Archibald MacLeish - a marvelous recording of a timeless and thought-provoking essay.
reviewed Walden or Life in the Woods on + 185 more book reviews
Amazing audiobook.
Destructa avatar reviewed Walden or Life in the Woods on + 78 more book reviews
Please note: this is a Monarch Notes guide to Thoreau's Walden (a Cliffs Notes-type book).
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This is an ABRIDGED version. Not worth the purchase.
dloris87 avatar reviewed Walden or Life in the Woods on + 7 more book reviews
Why would you need a sleeping pill when you could listen to this? I was excited to get this audio several years ago and was greatly disappointed. I find it incredibly ironic that Thoreau wrote a book about simplistic living that drones on and on. I think the audio reader was even bored by this. Everything in this book could have been said in 30 pages, now that would have been simplistic living. What a huge disappointment.
reviewed Walden or Life in the Woods on + 5 more book reviews
Not done with it yet. Good so far.


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