Bibliograph

Walden

Type

Label

Walden

Language

eng

resource.governmentPublication

unknown if item is government publication

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Walden

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

854970595

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

Classification

Contributor