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Thoreau: Walden / Civil Disobedience (Unabridged)

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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Thought provoking and also extremely enjoyable to listen to. Takes you to the world of life by the lake, and the surrounding nature.

A masterpiece

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Dreadfully boring, condescending narration style doesn't help. I persevered til the end but did not enjoy

Guy goes on a gap year and is better than you

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I had no problem with the recording or performance. It could just be me, but I found little of value in Walden - wasn't what I was expecting, and found myself skipping lots. This would be a worse review if it weren't for Civil Disobedience, which I'd read before, so I already knew that was good - that's 4 or 5 star content, but can probably get it elsewhere.

Skip Walden, go straight to Civil Disobedience

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