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Title: Great edition, Thoreau is timeless and important as ever
Review: Often times a book you *should* read is one that isn't that enjoyable to read. At best, you have to work at it. The writing although informative, educational, and thought provoking is often complex, unapproachable, and drowned in archaic syntax. While not as easy reading as adult teen fiction, I'm about 1/3 of the way through and so far have been able to follow about 80% of it without needing to go back over anything or bust out my dictionary.The Kindle format itself is great and well adapted. No strange formats, no font oddities.As for the text, it should be pointed out that there is more to Thoreau than "simplify, simplify". His observations on the motivations and trappings of society are accurate and telling, proven even more by the fact that one hundred and fifty years have passed since its creation and little has changed.An outstanding text for anyone wishing to get more out of life and to distill out the things that are most excellent.
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