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If You Have Built Castles in the Air...
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murasaki
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Feb 6, 2002
97 out of 97 people found this review helpful.
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Pros: Beautiful writing, work of art
Cons: Readers thinking this book is a diary
The Bottom Line: A book worth reading, and reading again, for the sheer buoyancy of its prose and the clarity of its message.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Henry David Thoreau, a member of the transcendental movement centered in Concord, Massachusetts, in the 19th century, retreated to Walden Pond in 1845. During the two years and some... |
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Walden: A Call to Spiritual Arms
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willbradbury
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May 3, 2000
22 out of 22 people found this review helpful.
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Pros: A beautifully-written, profound book.
Cons: None.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: I love shorewalks in the evening. I love the way great, grey waves, shaggy
with foam, shatter on the broken shoreline; the meandering jags of chalky cliffs scrawled along the skyline. I love how the sea seems to sweat sunbeams, as the... |
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The Most Well-written and Wise Self-Help Book Ever.
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Admarginate
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Apr 28, 2001
21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
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Pros: Sincere, exquisitely written, best advice around.
Cons: easily misinterpreted.
The Bottom Line: Absolutely read this! BUT...keep in mind that most of the details do not apply to you. Thoreau is honest and passionate AND an individual to the core.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: Henry David Thoreau and his masterpeice, Walden or Life in the Woods, has a curious reputation. The reviled enemy of highschool students throughout the US, it is simultaneously gaining respect and admiration from intellectual circles. Truth be told,...
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THE American Classic
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Free2Be
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Sep 2, 2001
10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.
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Pros: Philosophy and love of nature from a truly great thinker
Cons: No solace for the down-and-out greed in these hard time on Wall Street
The Bottom Line: If you truly value yourself, you'll read it.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: It's hard for me to believe how old Thoreau's Walden actually is. The book was published in 1854, recalling experiences of ten years earlier, in 1844, when Thoreau spent over a year living in a self-built cabin on the shores of Walden...
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Boring Boring Boring. Henry David Thoreau's "Walden Pond"
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WrestlerBoy130
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Jan 23, 2000
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Pros: It is possibly Henry David Thoreau's most literary acclaimed work. It is great for nature enthusiasts.
Cons: It is very boring, and very cut and dry. It has no plot. It has a very limited list of characters. It has no emotion.
This reviewer does not recommend this product.
Review: Walden Pond is not a book that one would read for excitement.
Nor is it a book that one would read in search of humor, drama, or suspense. There is certainly no mystery involved and a weak plot. The only romance contained in this book is between... |
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He is a Hypocrite
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Emilb
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Dec 10, 2000
11 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
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Pros: None, I was forced to read this book
Cons: Everything is a metaphor
This reviewer does not recommend this product.
Review: When Thoreau wrote Walden, he was expressing the need for society to go back to the basics of life. To do this Thoreau lived in the wilderness surrounding Walden Pond for two years. He used items that he found in nature to sustain himself during his...
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Common Sense in 200 pages
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c9h13no3
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Nov 15, 2000
10 out of 11 people found this review helpful.
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Pros: Slightly Stimulating, Unique Style
Cons: Doesn't Really Say Anything, Everything Else
This reviewer does not recommend this product.
Review: Walden, by Henry David Thoreau, is Thoreau's philosophy of life and his quest for individuality in the world. The book is really nothing more than common sense written eloquently. Thoreau's rants are sometimes thought provoking, but his opinions are...
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Where would Ghandi be?
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harminoff
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Feb 3, 2000
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Pros: One of the greatest political essays ever penned.
Cons: None, unless you are the oppressor.
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: "I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right." These immortal words were first written by Henry David Thoreau in response to an overnight stay in the...
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Boring yet Inspiring
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Brianbb18
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Apr 5, 2000
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Pros: Inspiring in Parts
Cons: Many sections are boring
This reviewer recommends this product.
Review: Walden is about Henry David Throeu's experiment in living a simplified life. He goes out into the woods and writes about simplicity solitude and nature. This book is a most read for those interested in nature and simplifying their life. It offers...
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