How to comprehend hard books like Walden?

HisGraceFillsMe
Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:21:15 +0000

My freshman year English teacher actually told us (because we got into some pretty heavy stuff, ie Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, Great Expectations, etc.) that if we didn’t understand it to keep reading, but to use SparkNotes as a companion to the book. Which is ideally how they’re supposed to be used anyway.