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Mar 22, 2016 · Author (s) Praise. One of the most influential and compelling books in American literature, Walden is a vivid account of the years that Henry D. Thoreau spent alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. This edition—introduced by noted American writer John Updike—celebrates the perennial importance of a classic work, originally published in 1854.
While Thoreau lived at Walden (July 4, 1845–September 6, 1847), he wrote journal entries and prepared lyceum lectures on his experiment in living at the pond. By 1847, he had begun to set his first draft of Walden down on paper. After leaving Walden, he expanded and reworked his material repeatedly until the spring of 1854, producing a total ...
Thoreau looks down upon the concept of excess and luxury. By living at Walden Pond, a retreat away from the ideals of society, Thoreau sought to discover for himself what was truly essential to him. By doing so, he could better assign value and worth to the commodities in his life instead of mindlessly adhering to the norms of society.
Mejores frases Walden de Thoreau Sobre la simplicidad «La mayor parte de los lujos, también llamados ‘comodidades de la vida’ no sólo es innecesaria, sino que se convierte en impedimento para la elevación de la humanidad.» «Un hombre es rico en relación al número de cosas de las que puede prescindir.»
David Henry Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts, to John and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau. He had two older siblings, Helen and John, and a younger sister, Sophia. The family moved to Chelmsford in 1818, to Boston in 1821, and back to Concord in 1823. Thoreau had two educations in Concord.
Henry David Thoreau Quotations: Nature. After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined, and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and course. A hard, insensible man whom we liken to a rock is ...
Walden byl parodován v komiksu Doonesbury a napodoben v knize Walden Dvě od amerického psychologa B. F. Skinnera. Nezisková nadace pojmenovaná Walden Tři prosazuje udržitelné společnosti. Jezero, u kterého Thoreau žil, je turistickou atrakcí a jeho okolí je místem sporů o to, do jaké míry má být stavebně rozvíjeno.
