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Walden (/ ˈ w ɔː l d ən /; first published in 1854 as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings.
Apr 23, 2024 · Walden, series of 18 essays by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1854 and considered his masterwork. An important contribution to New England Transcendentalism, the book was a record of Thoreau’s experiment in simple living on Walden Pond in Massachusetts (1845–47). It focuses on self-reliance and individualism.
Jan 28, 2021 · The Project Gutenberg eBook of Walden, by Henry David Thoreau This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
Full Work Summary. Walden opens with a simple announcement that Thoreau spent two years in Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, living a simple life supported by no one. He says that he now resides among the civilized again; the episode was clearly both experimental and temporary.
Overview. Walden is a memoir by the transcendentalist writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1854. It opens with the author’s straightforward statement that he spent two years in Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, living a simple life supported by no one.
Henry David Thoreau, in ‘Walden,’ follows a first-person narrative style where Thoreau himself plays the central character. ‘Walden’ documents the story and timeline of Thoreau’s self-imposed adventure into the wilderness in Walden Pond, where he sought a life completely of surviv...
