Self Reliance

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Alana Munro

The most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." This essay is considered a watershed moment in which transcendentalism became a major cultural movement. An American classic.

Public Domain (P)2012 Trout Lake Media

A nice dose ofwhat SEEMS obvious once youve heard

Es Dope. Quite enlightening and motivating through very simplistic and straightforward means. Some analogy, not much meaningless fluff

Wish it was longer

Reminiscent of "Meditations of Marcus Aurrelius". Then again most truly great minds have similar thought processes.

Great work, fatally performed

If you could sum up Self Reliance in three words, what would they be?

Great. Life. Advice.

Who was your favorite character and why?

n/a

How could the performance have been better?

A different narrator. This was the first book I listened to from this narrator. The work is an essay - tightly packed information constructed by a brilliant man. The narrator's voice was completely without the passion the author intended. The reading was delivered so dead-pan that it seemed clear the narrator had never actually read the work prior to the recording of his reading.

Any additional comments?

This appears to be one of those works best enjoyed by reading it rather than listening to it. Perhaps with a slightly different cadence, a more impassioned voice - this work could have been done justice.

Excelent reading of a classic essay.

The essay is too long and at the end does not settle the issue of how to establish a personal moral.

excellent recording of a major classic

I loved it, would listen to this again and again. thanks audible you're the best