Walden and other writings

"From July 4, 1845 to September 6, 1847 Henry David Thoreau lived alone in the cabin he built on the shores of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts. Walden is the classic account of his stay--his experiment in essential living. This book is framed as a narrative of the cycle of one year, be...

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Main Author: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Barnes & Noble, 1993.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Walden; or, Life in the woods:
  • 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
  • Civil disobedience
  • Slavery in Massachusetts
  • A plea for Captain John Brown
  • Life without principle.