Walden and Other Writings - Softcover

Atkinson, Brooks ( Edited, With Intro.by)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394309359 ISBN 13: 9780394309354

Publisher: McGraw Hill Text, 1950

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 this 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.

About this title

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.

From the Back Cover:

"This book is like an invitation to life's dance."
--E. B. White

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill Text
• Publication date: 1950
• ISBN 10: 0394309359
• ISBN 13: 9780394309354
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 732