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Book Reviews of Walden or, Life in the Woods

Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or Life in the Woods
Author: Henry David Thoreau
ISBN-13: 9780877736813
ISBN-10: 0877736812
Publication Date: 7/28/1992
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
Book Type: Audio Cassette
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8 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

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.
reviewed Walden or, Life in the Woods on + 185 more book reviews
Amazing audiobook.
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.
jdauntless avatar reviewed Walden or, Life in the Woods on + 112 more book reviews
The classic well done.
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).
reviewed Walden or, Life in the Woods on
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.