Walden and Other Writings - Softcover

Henry David Thoreau

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553210122 ISBN 13: 9780553210125

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1981

Synopsis

Edited, with an Introduction, by William Howarth

About this title

From the Publisher:

With their call for"simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!", for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in tis volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle. A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature -- and of himself -- is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal.

From the Inside Flap:

Naturalist, philosopher, champion of self-reliance and moral independence, Henry David Thoreau remains not only one of our most influential writers but also one of our most contemporary. This unique and comprehensive edition gathers all of Thoreau's most significant works (including his masterpiece Walden, reproduced in its entirety). Taken together, they reveal the astounding range, subtlety, artistry, and depth of thought of this true American original.

Included in this Modern Library Paperback Classics edition are: Walden, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, selections from Cape Cod and The Maine Woods, "Walking," "Civil Disobedience," "Slavery in Massachusetts," "A Plea for Captain John Brown," and "Life Without Principle."
From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0553210122
• ISBN 13: 9780553210125
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 435
• Editor: Joseph Wood Krutch