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Walden (/ ˈ w ɔː l d ən /; 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.
- Henry David Thoreau
- 1854
Oct 11, 2024 · Walden, series of 18 essays by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1854 and considered his masterwork. An important contribution to New England Transcendentalism, the book was a record of Thoreau’s experiment in simple living on Walden Pond in Massachusetts (1845–47). It focuses on self-reliance and individualism.
Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Economy. When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there two years and two months.
- Economy. Thoreau attempts to illustrate the benefits of a simplified lifestyle.
- Where I Lived, and What I Lived For. Thoreau remembers the many different locations he surveyed before settling at Walden Pond.
- Reading. Thoreau discusses classic literature and its benefits.
- Sounds. Thoreau describes the many sounds that can be heard from his cabin.
Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, philosopher, and abolitionist who is best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.
Setting (time) Summer 1845 through Summer 1847 (although the book condenses the two years into one) Setting (place) Walden Pond. Protagonist Henry David Thoreau. Major conflict Thoreau resists the constraints of civilized American life. Rising action Thoreau builds a small dwelling by Walden Pond and moves to the wilderness.
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Seeking solitude and self-reliance, Thoreau says, he moved to the woods by Walden Pond, outside Concord Massachusetts, where he lived for two years, writing this book, before returning to society. In the book he sets out his beliefs about society and the nature of human existence, saying first that he believes men need not work as hard as they do, if they are willing to simplify their lives ...
