[at-l] Group Read of Walden?

[jbryankramer@msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

Well it's available as a freebie from the Gutenberg Project:

http://www.gutenberg.org/index/by-author/th4.html

I could convert it to Microsoft Reader format if anyone is interested.

Bryan

> -----Original Message-----

> An idea has knocked around my head for a while: would anyone out there be
> interested in a group list read of Walden?
>
> I've picked it up a time or two over the years to savor it myself, but I
> have a feeling I could learn a lot from reading ole' Henry David again and
> from listening to t listers' comments. The other times I've read it
> (admittedly in the somewhat distant past) was generally among
> people who saw
> the book as just another thing to get through, not as something that might
> be savored.
>
> I don't have an exact plan for conducting the discussion, and I sure don't
> want to turn the reading into seriously unfun.  But maybe we attach a
> loosely structured timetable to the chapters, with a "date"
> attached to when
> people could chime in about what they've read.  (Say, "Economy"
> would be up
> for discussion starting October 7.)  Whoever wants to, can read along can
> and then chime in if something in the text caught their notice.
>
>  Is anyone interested?  Or is this too "off-trail" for us to do here?  I
> don't want to tank up the bandwidth.
>
> What do ya'll think?
>
> Lynn
>
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