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Self-Reliance

A Contemporary Edition of Emerson's Classic

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This modern version of Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic was created to reach a larger and more contemporary audience. The work has been edited to appeal to a wider range of experience and expression. The book is so full of wisdom but we simply don't speak the same way anymore. This book has been upgraded to better reflect a more current vernacular - All the pronouns have been changed from simply he/him to they/them.


This edition is edited to be more relevant to today's terminology and vernacular. As little as possible was modified in order to convey the author's original intent.


Mostly what was changed were the pronouns he, she, him and her but a few other modifications were made in order to better convey the ideas in this classic work.


This updated version is more approachable and palatable than the original and still just as inspiring. It's an incredible piece of literature that deserves to be recognized and widely known.


This essay is truly more relevant to today than ever. Ralph Waldo Emerson was such a brilliant writer and thinker.


In "Self-Reliance," Emerson expounds on the importance of trusting your soul, as well as divine providence, to carve out a life. A firm believer in nonconformity, Emerson celebrates the individual and stresses the value of listening to the inner voice unique to each of us - even when it defies society's expectations.This current version is created for your reading pleasure.

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Ralph Waldo Emerson's seminal essay about nonconformism rings as true today as it did when it was published in 1841. Novelist and radio host Kurt Andersen has the ideal voice for this work. He gives it a spirited delivery, but his narration is overly emphatic, and he reads too quickly, making it hard to follow the dense text. But Andersen is clearly invested in his reading, giving it passion and enthusiasm. Overall, this is a good reading of 90 minutes of wisdom that everyone should listen to. K.M. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

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