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Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

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Among the writers to emerge during the mid-19th century transcendental movement, Henry David Thoreau is perhaps the most popular and recognizable, thanks in no small part to his book Walden. After spending two years in a self-built cabin in the woods -- on the property of fellow writer and transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson -- the Massachusetts-born author, poet and philosopher put on paper his experiences among nature, listening to the sounds around him, growing food, reading and even receiving visitors. An American classic, throughout Walden Thoreau entreats readers to reject conformity, learn the peace found through solitude and embrace simplistic living

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Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2014
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
222
ISBN10
1781394342
ISBN13
9781781394342
Serie
Prima pubblicazione
1854
Titolo originale
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
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Among the writers to emerge during the mid-19th century transcendental movement, Henry David Thoreau is perhaps the most popular and recognizable, thanks in no small part to his book Walden. After spending two years in a self-built cabin in the woods -- on the property of fellow writer and transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson -- the Massachusetts-born author, poet and philosopher put on paper his experiences among nature, listening to the sounds around him, growing food, reading and even receiving visitors. An American classic, throughout Walden Thoreau entreats readers to reject conformity, learn the peace found through solitude and embrace simplistic living