No, seriously, was he autistic? He comes across as incredibly

>>9758321
Wasn't autism. He was just being thorough.

>>9758327
XD

>>9758321
>it's another is X author autistic? thread

>>9758349
Ralph Emerson said Thoreau didn't have many friends because he was too honest, he couldn't get either of the women he lusted after and seemed to give up on romance after that and was obsessed with finding a "good friend". There seems to be more to go off of than just "lol" he was weird.

>>9758327

This is one of the better posts on /lit/ this year.

>>9758321
it wasn't autism, it was being gay and feeling incredibly awkward getting letters from Bram Stoker asking if he had any pictures of himself naked.

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>>9759515
no, wait, sorry, that was Walt Whitman.

>>9758321
He lived in his parents cabin alone all his life. The only reason his work is given any exposure at all outside of being a cultural artifact of the time is that they are anti idustrial and anti modernization. These are two characteristics of oligarchs.

>>9761747
>in his parents cabin alone all his life
But...he lived in Emerson's house for two years.

>>9758321
>any biography
Then (you) need to read Robert Richardson's Thoreau: A Life of the Mind.