Walden - Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenbourg (Hardcover, Annotated edition)

In 1845 Henry David Thoreau left his pencil-manufacturing business and began building a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. This lyrical yet practical-minded book is at once a record of the 26 months Thoreau spent in withdrawal from society -- an account of the daily minutiae of building, planting, hunting, cooking, and, always, observing nature -- and a declaration of independence from the oppressive mores of the world he left behind. Elegant, witty, and quietly searching, Walden remains the most persuasive American argument for simplicity of life clarity of conscience.

For the first time, the authoritative editions of works by major American novelists, poets, scholars, and essayists collected in the hardcover volumes of The Library of America are being published singly in a series of handsome paperback books. A distinguished writer has contributed an introduction for each volume, which also includes a chronology of the author's life and career, an essay on the text, and notes.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

General

Imprint:	Random House USA Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Everyman's Library Classics Series
Release date:	1993
First published:	1993
Authors:	Henry David Thoreau
Introduction by:	Verlyn Klinkenborg
Dimensions:	216 x 133 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-41896-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Promotions
LSN:	0-679-41896-2
Barcode:	9780679418962

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