Walden by Henry David Thoreau

158 pages first pub 1854 (editions)

nonfiction classics nature philosophy inspiring reflective slow-paced

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When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of ...

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Moods

reflective 90%
inspiring 50%
informative 42%
challenging 34%
relaxing 23%
adventurous 15%
hopeful 12%
emotional 6%
funny 3%
lighthearted 3%
mysterious 1%

Pace

slow 90%
medium 8%

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