Or life in the woods Thoreau, Henry David creator Author text cb London Vintage 1854 This edition published in 2017. monographic eng

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295 pages : 20 cm In 1845 Henry David Thoreau, one of the principal New England Transcendentalists, left the town for the country. Beside the lake of Walden, he built himself a log cabin and returned to nature, to observe and reflect while surviving on eight dollars a year. From this experience emerged one of the great classics of American literature, a deeply personal reaction against the commercialism and materialism that he saw as the main impulses of mid-19th century America. With an introduction by Benjamin Markovits American literature Autobiography Classic Philosophy PS3048 .A1 818.303 9781784872410 FISKH 260126 20260126083108.0 9594 eng