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A review by lydiajlong
Walden, Or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
challenging
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
“It is remarkable how easily and insensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for ourselves.”
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I have wanted to read Walden since high school and now picking it up a decade later, I’m realizing I’m not used to reading this type of literature anymore! I struggled a bit to get through the writing style but there are so many amazing pieces in this work.
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I loved the emphasis on simple living and the ideas of narrowing down life to what really matters most to you. I loved his quick comment about being offered a rug for his home but he contemplated his physical space and his time spent cleaning the rug — and he declined it! Especially in 2022 America, it is far too easy to accumulate things that we don’t actually need. We could live a much more peaceful life (for the person making the item and for the person consuming/using the item) if we sought a simple life.
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I have wanted to read Walden since high school and now picking it up a decade later, I’m realizing I’m not used to reading this type of literature anymore! I struggled a bit to get through the writing style but there are so many amazing pieces in this work.
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I loved the emphasis on simple living and the ideas of narrowing down life to what really matters most to you. I loved his quick comment about being offered a rug for his home but he contemplated his physical space and his time spent cleaning the rug — and he declined it! Especially in 2022 America, it is far too easy to accumulate things that we don’t actually need. We could live a much more peaceful life (for the person making the item and for the person consuming/using the item) if we sought a simple life.