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Walden is a reflection on simple living in natural surroundings written by Henry David Thoreau. It chronicles Thoreau's two-year stay in a small cabin he built near Walden Pond in Massachusetts, where he sought to live a life of simplicity and self-sufficiency. The... Read Full Overview

Walden is a book by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and-to some degree-a manual for self-reliance... Read Full Overview

En 1845, Thoreau construy? una peque?a caba?a junto al lago Walden. Su idea era procurarse sus propios recursos y vivir de la manera m?s simple y pura posible, como un asceta, dedic?ndose a escribir para ser un poeta de la naturaleza. En su caba?a ten?a tres sillas: "una para... Read Full Overview

Walden is Henry David Thoreau's timeless reflection on simple living in natural surroundings. In this profound work, Thoreau recounts his experiment of residing in a small cabin by Walden Pond, where he sought to strip away the distractions of society and uncover life's fundamental... Read Full Overview

2016 Reprint of 1854 Edition. This is perhaps Thoreau's most famous transcendentalist work. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire,... Read Full Overview

Walden details Henry David Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. The text is a reflection upon simple... Read Full Overview

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.

By virtue of its casual, off-handedly brilliant wisdom and the easy splendor of its nature writing, Thoreau's account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts is one of the signposts by which the modern mind has located itself in an increasingly... Read Full Overview

ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR Walden; or, Life in the Woods was written by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) and was first published in 1854. In later editions, the title was shortened to Walden. It is Henry David Thoreau's best known work .In this book, Thoreau describes... Read Full Overview

One of the most influential and compelling books in American literature, Walden is a vivid account of the years that Henry D. Thoreau spent alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. This edition--introduced by noted American writer John Updike--celebrates the perennial... Read Full Overview

Walden by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. First published in... Read Full Overview

Now featuring an Introduction by Don Henley, founder of the Walden Woods Project, this beautiful commemorative edition of Thoreau's masterpiece features spectacular color photographs that capture Walden as vividly as Thoreau's words do.