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  • Written by: Henry David Thoreau
  • Narrated by: Rupert Degas
  • Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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Written by: Henry David Thoreau
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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In 1845 Henry David Thoreau, one of the principal New England Transcendentalists, left the small town of Concord for the country. Beside the lake of Walden he built himself a log cabin and returned to nature, to observe and reflect – while surviving on eight dollars a year.

From this experience emerged Walden, one of the great classics of American literature, and a deeply personal reaction against the commercialism and materialism that Thoreau saw as the main impulses of mid-19th-century America. Here also is Civil Disobedience, Thoreau’s essay on just resistance to government, which not only challenged the establishment of his day but has been used as a flag for later campaigners from Mahatma Ghandi to Dr Martin Luther King.

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brilliant and timeles

a great re read. It is as relevant today as when it was written.

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Good but poorly organized.

Unlike the other reviews, I find the voice to do the book justice. My only comment which I find ruins the experience for me is the lack of organization for the chapters. This book was intentionally organized by chapter ex: Chapter 1 - Economy, Chapter 2 - Where I lived...

This audiobook is broken out into ±20 minute segments rather than the actual chapters. Though this makes it easily digestible, it also makes it terribly confusing when trying to study the book via online resources.

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