Thoreau, a sturdy individualist and nature lover, lived a spare existence in a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, from 1845 to 1847. Walden is a record of his experiment in a simple life and his contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man. This book includes the famous essay, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, a selection of his poetry and a new introduction by W.S. Merwin.
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Thoreau, a sturdy individualist and nature lover, lived a spare existence in a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, from 1845 to 1847. Walden is a record of his experiment in a simple life and his contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man. This book includes the famous essay, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, a selection of his poetry and a new introduction by W.S. Merwin.