Walden vs Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil Disobedience: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Solitude, Wilderness areas, Homes and haunts, Natural history, American Authors, Philosophy

Cover of Walden

Walden Henry David Thoreau · 1854 ★★★★☆ 3.9 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau · 1849 202 pages · ≈ 3 h 44 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Walden, or, Life in the Woods / On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is the quicker read — about 3 hours vs 5 for Walden.

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