Walden: Color Illustrated, Formatted for E-Readers (Unabridged Version)
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (716 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B013ESTIZW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 450 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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. The chapters are tastefully set off by musical interludes that complement Thoreau's own rhythms. 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. The abridgements are not substantive, so listeners will feel that they have become acquainted with the complexities of a text that is both orderly and sprinkled with irony and other literary devices. The careful editing here assures that they will not become lost between page and sound.Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CACopyright 2002 Cahners Business Inform
Walden Brian Flatt 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 en. Neil C. Obremski said 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 con. "Wisdom from a Dead White Guy." according to David Purcell. 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 o
Self-reliance, to him, is economic and social and is a principle that in terms of financial and interpersonal relations is more valuable than anything. Though he realizes its significance and importance, he thinks it unnecessary to always be in search for it. 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. 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. Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period. To Thoreau, self-reliance can be both spiritual as well as economic. How is this book unique? Formatted for E-Readers, Unabridged & Original version. Easy on your eyes.Includes: 15 Colored