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Description
Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings-as well as "Civil Disobedience," his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty-have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism... read more
First Sentence
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
WALDEN
1. Economy
2. Where I Lived, and 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
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Notes for Walden
Notes for "Civil Disobedience"
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