Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) is one of America’s most famous authors and poets, and one of the prominent writers of the Transcendentalist Era in the mid-19th century. Along with Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was a mentor of sorts to Thoreau, the two of them produced large bodies of work that formed the backbone of Transcendentalism. Thoreau in particular was an ardent abolitionist, naturalist, historian, philosopher, and also laid the groundwork for peaceful civil disobedience movements across the world in moral opposition to unjust states.
Thoreau’s most famous work is Walden, which he wrote after living on Walden Pond outside Concord, Massachusetts for over 2 years. Thoreau had been heavily influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature and similar writings, and he lived what Emerson wrote. As he famously wrote in Walden, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
Walden is Thoreau’s account of simple living and self-reliance, living in a small cabin on the edge of the pond. Though Thoreau’s stay at Walden is often misconstrued as being one of isolation in the middle of the woods, Thoreau makes clear throughout the book that his cabin was not in wilderness but at the edge of town, about two miles from his family home, and he received visitors throughout his stay there.
This edition of Walden is specially formatted with a Table of Contents, an original introduction, and dozens of images of Thoreau and Walden Pond.
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Thoreau’s most famous work is Walden, which he wrote after living on Walden Pond outside Concord, Massachusetts for over 2 years. Thoreau had been heavily influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature and similar writings, and he lived what Emerson wrote. As he famously wrote in Walden, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
Walden is Thoreau’s account of simple living and self-reliance, living in a small cabin on the edge of the pond. Though Thoreau’s stay at Walden is often misconstrued as being one of isolation in the middle of the woods, Thoreau makes clear throughout the book that his cabin was not in wilderness but at the edge of town, about two miles from his family home, and he received visitors throughout his stay there.
This edition of Walden is specially formatted with a Table of Contents, an original introduction, and dozens of images of Thoreau and Walden Pond.
Walden (Illustrated with TOC and Original Commentary)
Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) is one of America’s most famous authors and poets, and one of the prominent writers of the Transcendentalist Era in the mid-19th century. Along with Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was a mentor of sorts to Thoreau, the two of them produced large bodies of work that formed the backbone of Transcendentalism. Thoreau in particular was an ardent abolitionist, naturalist, historian, philosopher, and also laid the groundwork for peaceful civil disobedience movements across the world in moral opposition to unjust states.
Thoreau’s most famous work is Walden, which he wrote after living on Walden Pond outside Concord, Massachusetts for over 2 years. Thoreau had been heavily influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature and similar writings, and he lived what Emerson wrote. As he famously wrote in Walden, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
Walden is Thoreau’s account of simple living and self-reliance, living in a small cabin on the edge of the pond. Though Thoreau’s stay at Walden is often misconstrued as being one of isolation in the middle of the woods, Thoreau makes clear throughout the book that his cabin was not in wilderness but at the edge of town, about two miles from his family home, and he received visitors throughout his stay there.
This edition of Walden is specially formatted with a Table of Contents, an original introduction, and dozens of images of Thoreau and Walden Pond.
Thoreau’s most famous work is Walden, which he wrote after living on Walden Pond outside Concord, Massachusetts for over 2 years. Thoreau had been heavily influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature and similar writings, and he lived what Emerson wrote. As he famously wrote in Walden, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”
Walden is Thoreau’s account of simple living and self-reliance, living in a small cabin on the edge of the pond. Though Thoreau’s stay at Walden is often misconstrued as being one of isolation in the middle of the woods, Thoreau makes clear throughout the book that his cabin was not in wilderness but at the edge of town, about two miles from his family home, and he received visitors throughout his stay there.
This edition of Walden is specially formatted with a Table of Contents, an original introduction, and dozens of images of Thoreau and Walden Pond.
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| BN ID: | 2940012959096 |
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| Publisher: | Charles River Editors |
| Publication date: | 06/10/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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