From this experience emerged walden, one of the great classics of american literature, and a deeply personal. For over two years, poet and philosopher henry david thoreau pursued and chronicled an isolated life of selfreliance spent in nature. Librivox recording of walden, version 2 by henry david thoreau. Walden by henry david thoreau, free pdf, ebook global grey. Listen to walden free audiobook by henry david thoreau.
For thoreau, walden pond is an area of pureness, a sanctuary, an eastern heaven on earth, a ganges. If your high school english teacher never assigned you this classic, nows your chance to take a stroll around walden pond and ponder the meaning of life. Walden by henry david thoreau full audiobook part 1 of 2. It is one of the most influential and compelling books in american literature. Beside the lake of walden he built himself a log cabin and returned to nature, to observe and reflect while surviving on eight dollars a year. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for selfreliance. Walden audiobook is a book by a famous american author henry david thoreau, published in 1854. Walden is a work by noted transcendentalist henry david thoreau.
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Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the western world, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either. Thoreau s journal is an exquisite account of a man seeking a more simple life by living in harmony with nature. Walden, and civil disobedience unabridged naxos audiobooks. After trial, get 1 audiobook and 2 audible originals each month. Beside the lake of walden, he built himself a log cabin and returned to nature, to observe and reflect while surviving on eight dollars a year.
Walden, and on the duty of civil disobedience by henry. Originally drafted as a series of essays describing a most significant episode in. Walden or life in the woods is nonfiction work by american poet henry david thoreau known for his unique thoughts on transcendentalism. Walden by henry david thoreau on free audio book download. Published in 1854, it details thoreaus life for two years, two. Henry david thoreau was a 19thcentury american writer and lifelong advocate for the abolition of slavery. Heres a sample list i cobbled up from a listing of editions available at audible. The story is detailed in its accounts of thoreau s daytoday activities, observations, and undertakings to survive out in the wilderness for two years. Thoreau used this time to write his first book, a week on the concord and merrimack rivers. This book is a reflection upon straightforward living in a common environment. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet.
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First published in 1854, walden details thoreau s experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near walden pond amid woodland owned by his friend and mentor ralph waldo emerson, near concord, massachusetts. Walden is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of the western world, with each chapter heralding some aspect of humanity that needed to be either renounced or praised. Walden is part close to a home affirmation of freedom, social trial, a journey of otherworldly disclosure, parody, and somewhat a manual for confidence. Henry david thoreau was born july 12, 1817, in concord, massachusetts, where he later died on may 6, 1862. The author himself, henry david thoreau moved into a cabin in the woods by walden pond in 1845. Henry david thoreau 18171862 two years, two months and two days. He attended harvard university where he studied the classics and a smattering of foreign languages. His written works are many and varied but he is perhaps best known for works such as walden, a book which promotes the idea of simple living in natural surroundings and for civil disobedience, which argues that the general population should not simply sit idle while those elected to.
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