A few brief but unaltered excerpts, carefully placed in context by
an introduction and with ellipses scrupulously indicated, touch on
the activities of a year's cycle and give the young reader a first
taste of this beloved 19th-century author's account of his solitary
stay in a pond-side cabin. With their dramatic use of black
combined with the subtle tones of nature, Sabuda's handsome
linoleum-cut illustrations recall Tejima's work in wood; quietly
reflecting Thoreau's own reverence for his surroundings, they are
sure to attract readers. Whether such abridgments are worthwhile is
always debatable, but this one is done with such sensibility to its
source that it's worth consideration. (Kirkus Reviews)
"I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else
whom I knew as well" Eschewing a conventional residence and
lifestyle, Thoreau set up home in the woods on the shore of Walden
Pond in Massachusetts, a mile from his nearest neighbor, and earned
his living by labor of his own hands. Most people, he says are so
occupied with the factitious care and toils of life that its finer
fruits remain unplucked. So he went to Walden in an attempt to
find, in the seemingly simple routines of life stripped to its
essentials, the shape beneath what is apparently chaotic. Walden
describes Thoreau's domestic economy, the wildlife, the few
visitors to his remote wooden hut, and his reflections on the
quality of human life in age of growing materialism and of
prevailing work ethic. It has become poignant critique of the
values of Thoreau's society which retains its relevance and
extraordinary power today. "A comprehensive paper edition, with an
introduction and chronology of Thoreau's life and times"
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