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Editor Harrison Gray Otis Blake was a disciple of Emerson and Thoreau. In 1888 he approached Thoreau's writings in a unique way, assembling journal entries from different years, but all about the same season. The resulting composite portrait gives us Thoreau's thoughts on nature, plain living, and everyday life, including his perambulations by skate and snowshoe.
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Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life, describing his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years, is one of the most influential books ever written. The bible of the environmental movement, Walden vividly portrays Thoreau's reverence for nature and his understanding of the idea that nature is made up of crucially interrelated parts.
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"Night and Moonlight" is an 1863 essay by American essayist Henry David Thoreau that explores the moon and its place in literary tradition. Henry David Thoreau (1817—1862) was an American poet, philosopher, and essayist most famous for his book "Walden" and his essay "Civil Disobedience", which advocated disobedience against unjust governments and influenced such notable figures as Mahatma Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy, and Martin Luther King Jr. His corpus...
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A compelling travel narrative and a meditation on loss, time, and history, A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers was written three years after the death of Thoreau's brother, John, with whom he made the 1839 river voyage. This account of their journey shares many themes with Thoreau's classic Walden, exploring self-renewal in nature, spirituality, culture, politics, and religion.
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One of America's most celebrated naturalists, Thoreau often chose nature over human companionship for comfort. Early Spring in Massachusetts is one of four seasonal volumes culled from his journals and captures the season with Thoreau's keen eye and appreciation for his surroundings.
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"This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore. I go and come with a strange liberty in Nature, a part of herself."
Thoreau lived in his Walden camp but two years, 1845-1847, and, as his narrative clearly shows, by no means exiled himself from home and companions. His hermitage was within easy walking distance of Concord, and, though his seclusion meant privacy at times, he was by no means debarred...
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During his two-year residence at Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau became keenly aware of the natural world that surrounded him. Entries from his journals reflect his soulful, in-depth observations of local wildlife, and his remarks on birds are particularly plentiful and poetic. This book, originally published as Notes on New England Birds in 1910 and edited and arranged by Francis H. Allen, collects Thoreau's thoughts on the various bird species...
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Thoreau's friend Ralph Waldo Emerson gathered these letters and poems in 1865. The letters range in subject matter from love, sex, and marriage, to religion, philosophy, and everyday life. Thoreau's correspondents include his mother, his sisters Helen and Sophia, and Emerson himself.
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This is volume V of 'The Writings of Henry David Thoreau'. Entitled 'Excursions, and Poems', it is primarily a collection of poetry and travelling accounts, although also included are a number of his translations. This book will appeal to all lovers of poetry and nature writing, and it is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Thoreau's wonderful work. Includes a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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Una vida salvaje y desobediente es tanto una selección como una introducción a una obra que se ramifica a través de otros libros, escritos y biografías. Contiene acaso el ensayo más famoso de Thoreau, "Desobediencia civil", en el cual muestra su lado político; "Recolecciones (o lo que el tiempo no ha cosechado de mi diario)", las primeras entradas de su ya canónico diario, tan lleno de observaciones como de digresiones y muchos dardos-de madera-contra...
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"Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!."
Henry David Thoreau built his small cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in 1845. For the next two years, he lived there as simply as possible, learning to eliminate the unnecessary material and spiritual details that intrude upon human happiness.
Thoreau described his experiences in Walden, using vivid, forceful prose that transforms his reflections on nature into richly...
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"En juillet 1846, Henry David Thoreau est emprisonné car il a volontairement refusé de payer un impt à l'État américain. Par ce geste, il entendait protester contre l'esclavagisme qui régnait alors dans le Sud et la guerre américano-mexicaine. Il ne passe qu'une nuit en prison, car sa tante paie la caution, ce qui le rend furieux.
Ce livre était originellement intitulé Resistance to Civil Governement (Résistance au gouvernement civil) ;...
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"How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!" -Henry David Thoreau
Since his death in 1862, Henry David Thoreau has left an indelible mark on the American mind. A vocal champion of simple living and social equality, he is revered for his tempered prose, gentle words, and wise observations. His most well-known work, Walden, is still read around...
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Edited by Thoreau's long-time associate Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, this is a 1905 compilation of the philosopher-poet's early fragments, diaries, verse, drafts, and metaphysical musings on nature. Included are accounts of his 1839 trip with his brother along the Concord and Merrimac Rivers, as well as travels to Staten Island and his famous "Journey West," to Minnesota.
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Un filósofo anarquista que rechazó todo poder capaz de someter al hombre, eligió la vida en los bosques y planteó el derecho una revolución pacífica con la negación al pago de impuestos.
La defensa apasionada del individualismo hecha por un liberal, que quiso demostrar que la vida en la naturaleza es la verdadera vida del hombre libre, convencido además de que en Norteamérica debía desaparecer la esclavitud y cesar las guerras a otros países.
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Published in 1895, this collection gives the reader an intimate glimpse into Thoreau's epistolary reflections. His correspondents include his brother John, his sister Helen, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The book also includes essays on Margaret Fuller, nature, morality, and love and chastity.
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Originally published in 1854, Walden, or Life in the Woods, is a vivid account of the time that Henry D. Thoreau lived alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. It is one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature--Thoreau's great document of social criticism and dissent.
As the digital age settles on us and the ebook revolution dawns, the question of why we read to begin with is often forgotten. Who better to turn to for...
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An experiment. A declaration. A spiritual awakening. Noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months and two days chronicling his near-isolation in a small cabin he built in the woods near Walden Pond, on land owned by his mentor and the father of Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Immersing himself in nature and solitude, Thoreau sought to develop a greater understanding of society amidst a life of self-reliance and simplicity....
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'The Maine Woods' is the third volume in 'The Writings of Henry David Thoreau' series. It is a fantastic collection of essays written by Henry David Thoreau during numerous visits to the Maine woods. A charming combination of prose, poetry, and scientific fact, 'The Maine Woods' will appeal to all nature lovers. Contents include: 'Henry David Thoreau', 'Introductory Note', 'Ktaadn, 'Chesuncook', 'The Allegash And East Branch', and 'Appendix'. Includes...
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Cape Cod illustrated Henry David Thoreau - First published in 1908, "Cape Cod" is a collection of articles by Henry David Thoreau based on numerous trips to the Cape in the early 1880s. A fantastic work that walks the reader through the beauty of Cape Cod and the natural wonders that surround it, this volume is not to be missed by lovers of nature writing. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) was an American poet, philosopher, essayist, abolitionist,...