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Description edit
Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. This groundbreaking book has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire and inform anyone with an open mind and a love of nature.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
- - Thoreau crashes in Emerson's cabin for two years and gets in touch with nature.
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“Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.”
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“What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.”
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What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
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Setting & Locations edit
- Concord
- New England
- Heaven
- Boston
- America
- New York
- Massachusetts
- Fair Haven
- White Pond
- Paris
- Concord, Massachusetts: Walden Pond
First Sentence edit
When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only.
Table of Contents edit
1. Economy
2. Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
3. Reading
4. Sounds
5. Solitude
6. Visitors
7. The Bean-Field
8. The Village
9. The Ponds
10. Baker Farm
11. Higher Laws
12. Brute Neighbors
13. House-Warming
14. Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors
15. Winter Animals
16. The Pond in Winter
17. Spring
18. Conclusion
Series & Lists edit
This is book 30 of 113 in Book Smart Reading List. (community list)
Preceded by Jude the Obscure, and followed by The Handmaid's Tale.
This book is in Restricted Reading from The 4-Hour Workweek. (community list)
This is book 9 of 9 in Ten Essential Penguin Classics. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Oedipus Cycle, and followed by The Inferno.
This is book 20 of 96 in The Art of Manliness' Essential Man’s Library. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Catch-22, and followed by Lord of the Flies.
This book is in Books That Changed Man's Thinking (Heron). (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 889 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Hard Times, and followed by Bleak House.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Henry David Thoreau (Author)
Other Contributors:
- W. S. Merwin (Introduction)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 9, 1854
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 357
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 9, 1854
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 357
Classification edit
- Copyright Status: Public Domain
- Library of Congress: PS 3048 .A1
- Dewey: 818.309
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Project Gutenberg: Walden by Henry David Thoreau: You can read the full, original English text of this public domain work at Project Gutenberg, or download it for free in a variety of eBook formats.
- Audio book, Project Gutenberg: Walden by Henry David Thoreau: There is an open source audio recording of this public domain work available at Project Gutenberg, available for download for free in a variety of audiobook formats.
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