by Henry David Thoreau, W.S. Merwin
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVAR understand the association between scribbling in the margins and becoming a more "active" reader. Where is the logic???? As you may have guessed, I read this for school and am referring to the abominable requirement by the vast majority of English c...
I didn't think there'd be a worse Important Book than Steppenwolf, but sure enough, here it is.Surly primativist lives in woods & muses about beans, ice, animals, and suchlike. There's much consternation regarding the local village, the train, the citylife. Might have more reasonably entitled this...
A great manifesto on nature/living/faith/philosophy. At times thoreau approaches the pretentious. Speaking as a male college graduate in his early twenties-as Thoreau was during his time at Walden-I get living the simple life. We've all cut down the luxeries (relatively) living off ramen, strarbucks...
I want to Thoreau it all away!
I've had this book on my shelf for years, given to me by my late father figure. I think it's about time I've read it.
I think Thoreau has many wonderful ideas. Unfortunately, I hate wading through his prose to get to them. Seriously, I highly recommend the play The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail: A Play as a Thoreau for Beginners. Those transcendentalists were very thoughtful, but obtuse.
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