Walden: Or, Life in the Woods, 9780486284958
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Escape society, embrace nature, and discover life’s essentials at Walden Pond.

Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 1995

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Summary

Walden: Living Deliberately in Nature

Accounts of Thoreau’s daily life on the shores of Walden Pond outside Concord, Massachusetts, are interwoven with musings on the virtues of self-reliance and individual freedom, on society, government, and other topics.

Nature was a form of religion for naturalist, essayist, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817–62). In communing with the natural world, he wished to “live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780486284958
ISBN-10:0486284956
Series:Dover Thrift Editions
Author:Henry David Thoreau
Publisher:Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:Dover Publications Inc.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Edition:New edition
Release Date:1 August 1995
Weight:180g
Dimensions:210mm x 131mm x 10mm
About The Author

Henry David Thoreau

Essayist, poet, and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) ranks among America’s foremost nature writers. The Concord, Massachusetts native spent most of his life observing the natural world of New England, and his thoughts on leading a simple, independent life are captured in his best-known work, Walden.

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