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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Henry David Thoreau
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To some extent, mythology is only the most ancient history and biography. So far from being false or fabulous in the common sense, it contains only enduring and essential truth, the I and you, the here and there, the now and then, being omitted. Either time or rare wisdom writes it. Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years. The poet is he who can write some pure mythology to-day without the aid of posterity. In how few words, for instance, the Greeks would have told the story of Abelard and Heloise, making but a sentence for our classic. . . Read More
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Best book ever written, not the easiest to read but poetically intoxicating.
I realized that I'm not rereading Walden, but that I'm always reading Walden.
(The collection gets a 4, Walden is an undisputed 5 star masterpiece).
I was fortunate to take a trip to Massachusetts and to Walden Pond a couple of months ago and it was a heart melting experience. It also greatly enhanced my first reading of Walden here.
I didn't get to "Walden" even as an English
Quite possibly the most referenced and important piece of literature I’ve read. These works crafted the man I am and the man I aspire to be.
What drew me to this book was my love of the stories about life on the Atlantic coast of America. My readings on this subject have included: The Jersey Shore: The Past, Present & Future of a National Treasure; A History of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal; Landfall along the Chesapeake: In the Wake o
Thoreau In The Library Of America
While reading the four books of Henry David Thoreau (1817 -- 1862) included in this volume, I was reminded of the piano sonata no. 2, the "Concord" sonata by the American composer Charles Ives (1874 -- 1954) and decided to listen to it again to complement my reading.
Not for every one. You either like this dry stuff or you don't. For me - twas a given since I like all of HDT writings.