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I’m female, from Canada. I’ve been a DailyLit member since April 09, 2009. My reading interests include 18th, and 19th and 20th century fiction.
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Walden - Intro
You could see it as being a bit arrogant, I suppose, but he goes on to say, "In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking." In other words, writers are always writing about themselves in some way. Thoreau is just being more open about it.
I actually like how clear and direct the opening is, especially compared to many other Victorian writers, who were famously long winded.