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Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. First published in 1854, it details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. The book compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development.
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Illustrated Walden or, Life in the Woods, Henry David Thoreau
- Language
- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- Illustrated Walden or, Life in the Woods
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Henry David Thoreau
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble
- Released
- 2017
- Pages
- 296
- ISBN10
- 1435163931
- ISBN13
- 9781435163935
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Science & Math, Nature, Self-Help, Philosophical Topics, Natural sciences, Biology, Spirituality, Philosophy, Environmental Themes, Ecology
- Description
- Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. First published in 1854, it details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. The book compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development.