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  tis 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.

This is a new release of the original 1954 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1954 edition.

1927. Congreve's literary apprenticeship was served under the tutelage of John Dryden, the leading playwright of the day. William Congreve only wrote five plays before retiring from writing to work in government. Love for Love and his other plays showed a knack for writing urbane, scintillating wit that some say rivaled Moliere's. Contents: The Old Batchelor; The Double-Dealer; Love for Love; and The Way of the World. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

1927. Congreve's literary apprenticeship was served under the tutelage of John Dryden, the leading playwright of the day. William Congreve only wrote five plays before retiring from writing to work in government. Love for Love and his other plays showed a knack for writing urbane, scintillating wit that some say rivaled Moliere's. Contents: The Old Batchelor; The Double-Dealer; Love for Love; and The Way of the World. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.