Bibliograph

Walden, or, Life in the woods, Henry David Thoreau

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Walden, or, Life in the woods, Henry David Thoreau

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Walden, or, Life in the woods

Oclc number

31374380

Responsibility statement

Henry David Thoreau

Series statement

Dover thrift editions

Summary

Interwoven with accounts of Thoreau's daily life (he did not live as a recluse but received visitors and almost daily walked into Concord) are meditations on human existence, society, government and other topics, expressed with clear-headed wisdom and remarkable beauty of style

Table Of Contents

Economy -- Where I Lived, and What I Lived For -- Reading -- Sounds -- Solitude -- Visitors -- The Bean-Field -- The Village -- The Ponds -- Baker Farm -- Higher Laws -- Brute Neighbors -- House-Warming -- Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors -- Winter Animals -- The Pond in Winter -- Spring

resource.variantTitle

Life in the woods

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