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Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) was born in Concord, Massachusetts and educated at Harvard. He became a follower and a friend of Emerson, and described himself as a mystic and a transcendentalist. Although he published only two books in his lifetime, Walden (from which this book is taken) is regarded as a literary masterpeice and one of the most significant books of the 19th century.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Like Walden Cliff's Notes,
By Puff (CHICAGO, ILLINOIS United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (Penguin Great Ideas) (Paperback)
The other reviewer is right that this book contains limited material from Walden. But that's precisely what makes it so useful. If you're interested in the full Walden experiment, with lengthy narratives on bird-watching and ditch-digging and any number of other things, by all means read Walden. However, for those who are simply interested in the philosophy of simple living and want to read shorter essays that get at the heart of it, this is an excellent selection. I fully recommend it.
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This review is from: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (Penguin Great Ideas) (Paperback)
Not because it's not worth it; quite the opposite: this book contains only some chapters of Walden. Penguin has a low-priced volume which includes Walden and Civil Disobedience.
This (Walden) was one of the most important books I've read in all my life. I have re-read it and I will do so again in the future. Thoreau has some of the most interesting ideas I've read; you won't agree with him on many accounts, but he will force you to think. Don't believe or accept everything you read but do read (or watch or listen to) everything you can and then try to make some sense out of it all.
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When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, 1 lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Waiden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, 1 lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Waiden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, Walden Pond New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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