Walden (Or Life in the Woods)

A TRANQUIL VOYAGE OF SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY

In Walden, (Or, Life in the Woods) Henry David Thoreau details his 1845 retreat into a cabin he built near Walden Pond. Set amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, it served as Thoreau’s immersion into nature and escape from the distractions of social life. He stayed for two years, two months and two days.

Thoreau used his time at Walden Pond to write his first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. When writing W...