Where I Lived, and What I Lived For, 9780141023977
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Escape the noise, embrace nature, and discover life’s simple truths.

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

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  • Paperback

    112 pages

  • Release Date

    23 October 2005

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Summary

Walden’s Wisdom: A Life of Simplicity

Following the overwhelming success of Great Ideas’ launch, Penguin now publish a further 20 short, astonishing works of non-fiction drawn from the most remarkable writing of the past two and a half thousand years of human thinking.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141023977
ISBN-10:014102397X
Series:Penguin Great Ideas
Author:Henry Thoreau
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:112
Edition:1st
Release Date:23 October 2005
Weight:1.05kg
Dimensions:181mm x 112mm x 7mm
About The Author

Henry Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) was born in Concord, Massachusetts and educated at Harvard. He became a follower and a friend of Emerson, and described himself as a mystic and a transcendentalist. Although he published only two books in his lifetime, Walden (from which this book is taken) is regarded as a literary masterpeice and one of the most significant books of the 19th century.

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