Walden: 150th Anniversary Edition

✍ Scribed by Henry David Thoreau, J. Lyndon Shanley (Editor)

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 377
• Series: Princeton Classic Editions; Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Originally published in 1854, Walden, or Life in the Woods, is a vivid account of the time that Henry D. Thoreau lived alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. It is one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature. This new paperback edition--introduced by noted American writer John Updike--celebrates the 150th anniversary of this classic work. Much of Walden's material is derived from Thoreau's journals and contains such engaging pieces as "Reading" and "The Pond in the Winter." Other famous sections involve Thoreau's visits with a Canadian woodcutter and with an Irish family, a trip to Concord, and a description of his bean field. This is the complete and authoritative text of Walden--as close to Thoreau's original intention as all available evidence allows. For the student and for the general reader, this is the ideal presentation of Thoreau's great document of social criticism and dissent.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Economy......Page 28
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For......Page 106
Reading......Page 124
Sounds......Page 136
Solitude......Page 154
Visitors......Page 165
The Bean-Field......Page 180
The Village......Page 192
The Ponds......Page 198
Baker Farm......Page 226
Higher Laws......Page 235
Brute Neighbors......Page 248
House-Warming......Page 263
Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors......Page 281
Winter Animals......Page 296
The Pond in Winter......Page 307
Spring......Page 324
Conclusion......Page 345
B......Page 360
C......Page 361
D......Page 363
F......Page 364
G......Page 365
H......Page 366
J......Page 367
M......Page 368
N......Page 369
O......Page 370
P......Page 371
S......Page 372
T......Page 374
W......Page 375
Z......Page 377