Henry David Thoreau
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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, seeking "the essential facts of life" and learning to eliminate the unnecessary details-material and spiritual-that intrude upon our happiness. He described his experiences in Walden, using vivid, forceful prose that transforms his reflections on nature into richly evocative metaphors to live by. George Eliot's...
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Modern Library volume 155
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Presents Thoreau's reflections on his experience living alone in the woods surrounding Walden Pond as well as his philosophy concerning man's need to reevaluate life and commune with nature.
3) Walden, and Civil disobedience: Authoritative texts, background, reviews, and essays in criticism
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[1966]
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Includes the text and textual notes on Walden and Civil disobedience plus critical reviews and essays.
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A Signet classic volume CE1339
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 21
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In March 1845, Henry David Thoreau set out; to live life in a new way and Walden is a record of his experiment in simple living.
20) Nature
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1991.
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This version of Nature is an 1843 revision to the popular essay written and published in 1836. In the original essay, Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, and suggested that reality can be understood by studying nature. Within the essay, Emerson divides nature into four usages: Commodity, Beauty, Language and Discipline. These distinctions define how humans use nature for their basic needs, their desire for delight, their communication...
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