| Walden Original Edition Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author) |
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ISBN: 046087635X ISBN-13: 9780460876353 Publisher: Everyman Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1995 Annotation: Walden describes Thoreau's domestic economy, the wildlife, the few visitors to his remote wooden hut, and his reflections on the quality of human life in an age of growing materialism and of a prevailing work ethic. It has become a poignant critique of the values of Thoreau's society which retains its relevance and extraordinary power today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Nature | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Series: Everyman Paperback |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.65 lbs) 320 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 6000 Reading Level: 8.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 21.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well Eschewing a conventional residence and lifestyle, Thoreau set up home in the woods on the shore of Walden Pond in Massachusetts, a mile from his nearest neighbor, and earned his living by labor of his own hands. Most people, he says are so occupied with the factitious care and toils of life that its finer fruits remain unplucked. So he went to Walden in an attempt to find, in the seemingly simple routines of life stripped to its essentials, the shape beneath what is apparently chaotic. Walden describes Thoreau's domestic economy, the wildlife, the few visitors to his remote wooden hut, and his reflections on the quality of human life in age of growing materialism and of prevailing work ethic. It has become poignant critique of the values of Thoreau's society which retains its relevance and extraordinary power today. A comprehensive paper edition, with an introduction and chronology of Thoreau's life and times |