Walden, Henry David Thoreau
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Walden, Henry David Thoreau
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Walden
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
854970595
Responsibility statement
Henry David Thoreau
Summary
Walden is one of the best-known non-fiction books ever written by an American. It details Thoreau's sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson. Walden was written with expressed seasonal divisions. Thoreau hoped to isolate himself from society in order to gain a more objective understanding of it. Simplicity and self-reliance were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by Transcendentalist philosophy. This book is full of fascinating musings and reflections. As pertinent and relevant today as it w
Table Of Contents
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Economy; Where I Lived, and What I Lived for; Reading; Sounds; Solitude; Visitors; The Bean-Field; The Village; The Ponds; Baker Farm; Higher Laws; Brute Neighbors; House-Warming; Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors; Winter Animals; The Pond in Winter; Spring; Conclusion
Target audience
adult
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- Solitude
- Wilderness areas -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods
- LITERARY CRITICISM + American + General
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Electronic books
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods
- Walden Woods (Mass.) -- Social life and customs
- Natural history -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods
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- Solitude
- Wilderness areas -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods
- LITERARY CRITICISM + American + General
- Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
- Electronic books
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods
- Walden Woods (Mass.) -- Social life and customs
- Natural history -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods
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