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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100679600043

ISBN-139780679600046

eBay Product ID (ePID)1138169

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Book TitleWalden and Other Writings

Number of Pages784 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1992

TopicClassics, Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, Short Stories (Single Author), General, American / General, Literary, Regional, Customs & Traditions

GenreLiterary Criticism, Nature, Fiction, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology

AuthorHenry David. Thoreau

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height2 in

Item Weight26.1 Oz

Item Length7.6 in

Item Width4.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN92-050225

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal818.309

SynopsisWith their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!", for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden , his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle . A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature--and of himself--is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal ., With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity ", for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden , his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle . A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature--and of himself--is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal ., With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity ," for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden , his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle . A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature--and of himself--is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal .

LC Classification NumberPS2631