We’re reading and writing about Thoreau. Deliberately.

The Readers’ Thoreau is the online community for Digital Thoreau.

Need help? Find some here.

Create a free account

Texts

RSS Recent Comments

  • Comment on Brute Neighbors 1-9 by Brent Ranalli
    Posted in: Thoreau 200 Is "fair bait" a pun on "orbit"? The force of gravity on orbiting objects varies (though inversely, not directly) as the square of distance.
  • Comment on Brute Neighbors 1-9 by Brent Ranalli
    Posted in: Thoreau 200 "The sport of digging bait... if you choose to go farther..." Is Henry Tom-Sawyering Ellery into weeding his groundnut patch, and then telling him to get lost?
  • Comment on The Pond in Winter 1-10 by Katey DeMaria
    Posted in: ENGL 340 S24 Geneseo i know what hes talking about but ive never thought of it that way before- I know ice holes are just circles and people put their line down to fish them, but because of club penguin I see it differently in my head and picture an orange fish every […]
  • Comment on Winter Animals by Nikolete Michalkow
    Posted in: ENGL 340 S24 Geneseo Even in the winter time, Thoreau sits and listens to the noises that nature and the animals make. This time with himself, allows him to appreciate and think about nature even if it is too cold for him to go outside and truly experience it. Additionally, while paying close […]
  • Comment on Spring 1-13 by Shannon Corbett
    Posted in: ENGL 340 S24 Geneseo He describes how the Earth itself is always changing and "there is nothing inorganic". Everything is always constantly changing and this is very powerful on Thoreaus intake of nature and how he personally feels and how he chooses to describe nature from his own feelings and how everything is […]