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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by NimrodsSon[/i] [br]I just picked up Walden and actually I've only finished the first chapter (it's 80 pages!), but I am blown away by this guy. There's literally not a single inconsequential sentence in this book. I don't think I've ever read anybody who I agree with on so many things as Thoreau. And what a great guy too, a steadfast abolitionist during one of the most abominable times in the history of the world. The only problem I'm having is that the book is terribly written. Not in the sense that I'm not used to the nineteenth century vocabulary, but many sentences are just completely grammatically wrong by any standard and make absolutely no sense. So it's going to take me a while to read it. Is anyone else a reader of Thoreau? Any reccomendations for other books/essays of his to read after this one? Obviously Civil Disobedience, which I have and plan to read as soon as I'm done with Walden. [hr]ˇViva los Católicos! http://adrianfoster.dmusic.com/ [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.