Walden and Civil Disobedience vs Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil Disobedience: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Civil disobedience, Solitude, Thoreau, Wilderness areas, Homes and haunts, Natural history
Walden and Civil Disobedience
A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movements  Critical of 19th-century America’s booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau moved to…
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Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
«Se è indubbio che Thoreau abbia trascorso gran parte della sua vita nella natura libera, per lo più in solitudine, lontano dal consorzio civile, è altrettanto vero che nella sua personalità così poliedrica e…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Walden and Civil Disobedience.
- Walden and Civil Disobedience has the widest readership — 338 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Walden and Civil Disobedience | Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil Disobedience | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.6 (338) | 3.6 (336) |
Reception
| Walden and Civil Disobedience | Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil Disobedience | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 338 | 336 |
| Editions | 4 | 217 |
| Citations | 419 | — |
| Pages | 320 | 202 |