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Walden and Other Writings
Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author)

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 ISBN: 055321246X     ISBN-13: 9780553212464
Publisher: Bantam Classics
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Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1983
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Annotation: 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.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Literary Collections | American - General
- Nature | Essays
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 4.2" W x 6.87" L (0.45 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Cultural Region - New England
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
- Demographic Orientation - Rural
- Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 52127
Reading Level: 10.3   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 51.0
 
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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 this 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.
 
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