Thoreau takes us to 19th-century America, where he spent over two years living simply by Walden Pond. It’s part reflection on a simpler life, part critique of materialism. Some parts drag a bit, but overall, it’s worth the read.
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BENJAMIN MARKOVITS In 1845 Thoreau, a Harvard-educated 28-year-old, went to live by himself in the woods in Massachusetts. He stayed for over two years, living self-sufficiently in a small cabin built with his own hands. Walden is his personal account of the experience, in which he documents the beauty and fulfilment to be found in the wilderness, and his philosophical and political motivations for rejecting the materialism which continues to define our modern world.
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Walden, or, Life in the woods, Henry David Thoreau
- Language
- Released
- 2017
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Henry David Thoreau
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1784872415
- ISBN13
- 9781784872410
- Series
- Tags
- True Stories, Biographies, Nature, Philosophical Topics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, USA, 19th century, America, Loneliness, Forests, Experiments (Science), Civilization, Wilderness
- First published
- 1854
- Original title
- Walden; or, Life in the Woods
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BENJAMIN MARKOVITS In 1845 Thoreau, a Harvard-educated 28-year-old, went to live by himself in the woods in Massachusetts. He stayed for over two years, living self-sufficiently in a small cabin built with his own hands. Walden is his personal account of the experience, in which he documents the beauty and fulfilment to be found in the wilderness, and his philosophical and political motivations for rejecting the materialism which continues to define our modern world.