One takes a gamble when attempting to read an old literary classic. Will it hold up to modern sensibilities? Will the prose or concepts be impenetrable or require glosses and annotations to explain them? Fortunately, Walden does hold up and does not require scholarly assistance. I must say, though, that were I not consuming this as an audiobook I would have had a much harder time getting through parts of it. This is an example where having the text read (and at 1.25x speed) definitely helps.
[Note: Goodreads does not list the audiobook version I listened to. It is published on Audible by Dreamscape Media and read by Robert Bethune.] ( )