Do I need a lot of background information to read this?

>>9205844
stab yourself in the eyes

>>9205853
Thanks, that helped.

>>9205844
As long as you know the most basic points of transcendentalism, you're fine

>>9205844
This is essential comfycore. I wish I had the gall to just pack up and leave civilization behind to live innawoods

it's important to know a bit about nature

It's fairly light reading. The language is a bit dense and archaic in some places. If you really want to prep for this book, just read the Gita.
Mostly this book is self explanatory.

>>9205844
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Does anyone else find that this book really humorous? A lot of Thoreau's little remarks really stung me with it.

I also loved how many times he would just go on rants. Felt like having a conversation with someone.

>>9207680

That's why it's so comfy. You can picture him sitting across from you smoking his pipe while you read it.

>>9205844
Nah, just chill out an enjoy OP. This book is comfy .

>>9206062
Is there a comfycore list?

I always found The Hobbit really comfy.

>>9208563
Im interested in a comfycore list also. Loved walden.

>>9208682
>>9208563
Around the World in 80 Days is pretty comfy.

Both the Verne and Palin books.

>>9208563
I found Tortilla Flat to be very comfy.

>>9205844
It'd probably be good to know a little about Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendental movement, but you shouldn't need to go farther than Wikipedia.

>>9208563
Would appreciate a comfy-core book list too. Would argue that Yukio Mishima's The Sound of the Waves deserves a spot on there. Some John Steinback or Watership Down too.

>>9209318
Boswell's Life of Johnson.. get-out-of-town comfy. Comfy comfy comfy.

>>9209403
Speaking of Watership Down, there's also The Wind in the Willows.