Walden
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Subjects: Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods; Wilderness areas -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods; Natural history -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods; Solitude; Walden Woods (Mass.) -- Social life and customs
Description: <p><i>Walden</i> is one of the more famous transcendentalist tracts in modern American literature. First published in 1854, <i>Walden</i> is an account of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/henry-david-thoreau">Thoreau’s</a> famous experiment in solitude: spending over two years alone in a cabin near the wilderness.</p>
			<p><i>Walden</i> is broken into sections that meditate on single themes: economy, reading, sounds, solitude, visitors, and so on. The style is complex, weaving back and forth between simple, home-spun prose and complex allegory, metaphor, and allusion. This makes <i>Walden</i> an interesting read because while it may seem accessible on the surface, it’s a book that requires deep and repeated reading to fully appreciate its many complexities.</p>