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Walden: Life in the Woods
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
A Classic Exploration of Simplicity, Nature, and Self-Reliance
Walden is Henry David Thoreau’s enduring masterpiece of American literature, chronicling his two-year experiment in simple living in a cabin beside Walden Pond. Blending nature writing, philosophy, and memoir, Thoreau invites readers to consider what it truly means to live deliberately, apart from the distractions of modern society.
Originally published in 1854, this work remains deeply relevant today—resonating with readers interested in minimalism, environmentalism, and personal growth. With vivid descriptions of the natural world and thought-provoking reflections on time, economy, and independence, Walden has become a cornerstone of Transcendentalist literature and a touchstone for anyone seeking a more intentional life.
📘 This edition is ideal Readers exploring classic American nonfictionClassroom use in high school or college literature, philosophy, and environmental studies courses
Fans of nature writing and self-reliance philosophy
Ideal for display, bulk orders, book clubs and discussion groups, or personal libraries
✅ Features:
The complete, unabridged text of Walden
New foreword introducing the work for modern readers
Clean, modern formatting for Kindle and print
Custom-designed modern and aesthetic cover
298 pages in a classic 6" x 9" trim size
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately..."
Rediscover one of the most influential works in American thought—a book that continues to inspire readers to slow down, look inward, and reconnect with nature.
A Classic Exploration of Simplicity, Nature, and Self-Reliance
Walden is Henry David Thoreau’s enduring masterpiece of American literature, chronicling his two-year experiment in simple living in a cabin beside Walden Pond. Blending nature writing, philosophy, and memoir, Thoreau invites readers to consider what it truly means to live deliberately, apart from the distractions of modern society.
Originally published in 1854, this work remains deeply relevant today—resonating with readers interested in minimalism, environmentalism, and personal growth. With vivid descriptions of the natural world and thought-provoking reflections on time, economy, and independence, Walden has become a cornerstone of Transcendentalist literature and a touchstone for anyone seeking a more intentional life.
📘 This edition is ideal Readers exploring classic American nonfictionClassroom use in high school or college literature, philosophy, and environmental studies courses
Fans of nature writing and self-reliance philosophy
Ideal for display, bulk orders, book clubs and discussion groups, or personal libraries
✅ Features:
The complete, unabridged text of Walden
New foreword introducing the work for modern readers
Clean, modern formatting for Kindle and print
Custom-designed modern and aesthetic cover
298 pages in a classic 6" x 9" trim size
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately..."
Rediscover one of the most influential works in American thought—a book that continues to inspire readers to slow down, look inward, and reconnect with nature.
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Henry David Thoreau
2,398 books6,723 followersHenry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, philosopher, and abolitionist who is best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.
Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions were his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern day environmentalism.
In 1817, Henry David Thoreau was born in Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1837, taught briefly, then turned to writing and lecturing. Becoming a Transcendentalist and good friend of Emerson, Thoreau lived the life of simplicity he advocated in his writings. His two-year experience in a hut in Walden, on land owned by Emerson, resulted in the classic, Walden: Life in the Woods (1854). During his sojourn there, Thoreau refused to pay a poll tax in protest of slavery and the Mexican war, for which he was jailed overnight. His activist convictions were expressed in the groundbreaking On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (1849). In a diary he noted his disapproval of attempts to convert the Algonquins "from their own superstitions to new ones." In a journal he noted dryly that it is appropriate for a church to be the ugliest building in a village, "because it is the one in which human nature stoops to the lowest and is the most disgraced." (Cited by James A. Haught in 2000 Years of Disbelief.) When Parker Pillsbury sought to talk about religion with Thoreau as he was dying from tuberculosis, Thoreau replied: "One world at a time."
Thoreau's philosophy of nonviolent resistance influenced the political thoughts and actions of such later figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas K. Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. D. 1862.
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Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions were his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern day environmentalism.
In 1817, Henry David Thoreau was born in Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1837, taught briefly, then turned to writing and lecturing. Becoming a Transcendentalist and good friend of Emerson, Thoreau lived the life of simplicity he advocated in his writings. His two-year experience in a hut in Walden, on land owned by Emerson, resulted in the classic, Walden: Life in the Woods (1854). During his sojourn there, Thoreau refused to pay a poll tax in protest of slavery and the Mexican war, for which he was jailed overnight. His activist convictions were expressed in the groundbreaking On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (1849). In a diary he noted his disapproval of attempts to convert the Algonquins "from their own superstitions to new ones." In a journal he noted dryly that it is appropriate for a church to be the ugliest building in a village, "because it is the one in which human nature stoops to the lowest and is the most disgraced." (Cited by James A. Haught in 2000 Years of Disbelief.) When Parker Pillsbury sought to talk about religion with Thoreau as he was dying from tuberculosis, Thoreau replied: "One world at a time."
Thoreau's philosophy of nonviolent resistance influenced the political thoughts and actions of such later figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas K. Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. D. 1862.
More: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/tho...
http://thoreau.eserver.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Da...
http://transcendentalism-legacy.tamu....
http://www.biography.com/people/henry...
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