After years of working on Walden-ish, it’s finally ready to share. Here’s a sneak peek from chapter 1. Click here to listen on Spotify. And if you enjoyed the reading, check out the whole book on Amazon!

Walden-ish: A Feminist Adaptation of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden is the modern take on an American classic that readers have been waiting for.

Henry David Thoreau’s Walden is a literary masterpiece, a timeless classic, a heartfelt reflection on our place in the world—and clearly written for men. What’s more, its challenging language, complicated syntax, and old-fashioned opinions can alienate young students forced to study the text, discouraging them from ever returning to discover its deeper mysteries.

Both enamored by Thoreau’s sensitivity and discouraged by his evident distaste for women's society, author Krimsey Lilleth set out to create a modern adaptation of the classic novel. With immense respect for the source material and compassion for a man who was, after all, a product of his times, she has infused the classic novel with a more egalitarian understanding and supplemented it with thoughts from Thoreau’s own journals. (As Thoreau himself understood, “It is never too late to give up our prejudices.”) By tempering and refining the language that separates many from the wisdom and insight within Walden’s pages, Lilleth has amplified Thoreau’s original message while making an important, powerful book accessible to us all.

Krimsey Lilleth is an author, visual artist, and a lover of nature. She was born and raised in Louisiana.

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