num_pages: 560
description: From one of the greatest figures of 19th-century America...  This new edition offers a broad view of the author's finest work, featuring his critical essays, poems, and letters, plus a considerable amount of material from the Journals, including an entry discovered in 1964 in the Library of Congress.
language: English
title: Selected Writings
titlecomplete: Selected Writings
characters: Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson
genres: Classics, American, Philosophy, Americana, Literature, 19th Century, Essays, Poetry, Nonfiction, Memoir
ratings_count: 556
places: The United States of America
publisher: Signet Classics