description: By virtue of its casual, off-handedly brilliant wisdom and the easy splendor of its nature writing, Thoreau's account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts is one of the signposts by which the modern mind has located itself in an increasingly bewildering world.
language: English
title: Walden and Other Writings
titlecomplete: Walden and Other Writings
genres: Classics, American, Nature, Philosophy, Biography, Literature, Memoir, Essays, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 4760
places: Concord, Massachusetts
publisher: Recorded Books