Walden and Other Writings

Thoreau, Henry David

ISBN 10: 0812416899 ISBN 13: 9780812416893

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 1983

Synopsis

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."

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Walden describes Thoreau's domestic economy, the wildlife, the few visitors to his remote wooden hut, and his reflections on the quality of human life in an age of growing materialism and of a prevailing work ethic. It has become a poignant critique of the values of Thoreau's society which retains its relevance and extraordinary power today.

About this edition

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0812416899
• ISBN 13: 9780812416893
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 464