Thoreau, Henry David
Walden
- ISBN 13:
- 9781784872410
- author:
- Thoreau, Henry David
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 129mm X 198mm
- Genre:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2 centimetres (0.2, Biography, Historical, Biography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
Walden is a personal account of Henry David Thoreau's two-year experiment in simple living in the woods of Massachusetts. In 1845, Thoreau, a young man with a Harvard education, built his own cabin and lived off the land, documenting the beauty and fulfilment he found in the wilderness.
Thoreau's time in the woods was a deliberate rejection of the materialism that defined his modern world, and he wrote Walden as a reflection on his experiences and the philosophical and political motivations behind them. This book is a unique glimpse into Thoreau's thoughts on nature, self-sufficiency, and the human condition.