Description: Best Offers Considered !! // Good Condition // Ships Well Packed! // Freeship In The USA!!! // USA Seller !!! Ships Out *with Tracking* Within 1 Day Of Order Walden And Other Writings Henry David Thoreau 1950 Paperback Book Good Condition. Naturalist, philosopher, champion of self-reliance and moral independence, Henry David Thoreau remains not only one of our most influential writers but also one of our most contemporary. This unique and comprehensive edition gathers all of Thoreau's most significant works (including his masterpiece Walden, reproduced in its entirety). Taken together, they reveal the astounding range, subtlety, artistry, and depth of thought of this true American original.Included in this Modern Library Paperback Classics edition are: Walden, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, selections from Cape Cod and The Maine Woods, "Walking," "Civil Disobedience," "Slavery in Massachusetts," "A Plea for Captain John Brown," and "Life Without Principle."---Walden also known as Life in the Woods, is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau's life for two years and two months in second-growth forest around the shores of Walden Pond, not far from his friends and family in Concord, Massachusetts. Walden was written so that the stay appears to be a year, with expressed seasonal divisions. Thoreau called it an experiment in simple living. Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the Western World, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised. Autumnal Tints EUROPEANS coming to America are surprised by the brilliancy of our autumnal foliage. There is no account of such a phenomenon in English poetry, because the trees acquire but few bright colors there. The most that Thomson says on this subject in his "Autumn" is contained in the lines. REVIEW 10 out of 10!!! This simple man lived alone in the woods in the mid 19th Century. He was a loner, a deep thinker, and a visionary of sorts, with good human qualities. I have read his works for years, returning to them when seeking solace and solitude, especially when enjoying nature in the fall. The colors of the maple trees. The nice, cool, crisp air -- sometimes a breeze wafting red and yellow leaves. The soft sun- warmed ground, sometimes enjoyed under a lean-to. And when a soft shower comes, I scoot back under the lean-to, smiling and knowing I've cheated nature's attempt to moisten and chill my body. If it should thunder -- at my favorite place -- it sounds like Rip Van Winkle's "ninepins". Hail-stones are not uncommon, which is welcome and enjoyable. 'Nuff said; the recalling of this author's works evokes such enjoyable memories. Please -- read and enjoy. THANKS!
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Book Title: Walden And Other Writings
Book Series: Historical
Item Length: 5 in
Original Language: English
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Format: Paperback
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Language: English
Item Height: 7 in
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Features: Unabridged
Topic: Writing
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: The Modern Library
Intended Audience: Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
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Edition: Revised Edition
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Publication Year: 1950
Type: Short Stories
Literary Movement: Enlightenment, Expressionism, Modernism, Naturalism, Realism, Renaissance, Romantic Period
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Era: 1950s
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Genre: World literature & Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 25 oz
Number of Pages: 300
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