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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Where did Thoreau build his cabin for Walden and whose land was it on?
Near Walden Pond on land owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Thoreau built the cabin near Walden Pond, on woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. The book details his experiences there over two years, two months and two days.
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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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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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