An 1854 book by the American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau, first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods. It reflects on the two years, two months and two days Thoreau spent living in a self-built cabin near Walden Pond in Massachusetts, presenting the experiment as a deliberate withdrawal from conventional society in pursuit of a simpler, more self-reliant and more attentive way of life, and it remains a foundational text of American nature writing and environmental thought. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an 1854 book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau.
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Walden (; first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an 1854 book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's 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.
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Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an 1854 book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau.
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