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Walden and Civil Disobedience: 150th Anniversary Mass market paperbound - 2004

by Henry David Thoreau; Introduction by W. S. Merwin

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Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings-as well as "Civil Disobedience," his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty-have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature.

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Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings—as well as Civil Disobedience, his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty—have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature.

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Readers were sharply divided. Admirers highlighted Thoreau’s minimalist ethos, ecological insight, and lyrical nature writing, often citing striking aphorisms. Detractors found the book long-winded and repetitive—particularly the economic tallies and bean-farming minutiae—and criticized a condescending tone and dated stereotypes. Overall, it’s seen as rewarding for devoted Thoreau or transcendentalism enthusiasts, but a slow, uneven read for many others.

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Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, "Walden, " is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings--as well as "Civil Disobedience, " his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty--have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature.

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  • Title Walden and Civil Disobedience: 150th Anniversary
  • Author Henry David Thoreau; Introduction by W. S. Merwin
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reissue
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Signet Classics, New York
  • Publication date August 3, 2004
  • ISBN 9780451529459 / 0451529456
  • Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.82 x 4.32 x 0.77 in (17.32 x 10.97 x 1.96 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 1340
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 19th century, Thoreau, Henry David - Homes and haunts -
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817. He graduated from Harvard in 1837, the same year he began his lifelong Journal. Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau became a key member of the Transcendentalist movement that included Margaret Fuller and Bronson Alcott. The Transcendentalists' faith in nature was tested by Thoreau between 1845 and 1847 when he lived for twenty-six months in a homemade hut at Walden Pond. While living at Walden, Thoreau worked on the two books published during his lifetime: Walden (1854) and A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849). Several of his other works, including The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, and Excursions, were published posthumously. Thoreau died in Concord, at the age of forty-four, in 1862.
W.S. Merwin has published many highly regarded books of poems, for which he has received a number of distinguished awards--the Pulitzer Prize, Bollingen Award, Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets and the Governor's Award for Literature of the state of Hawaii among them. He has translated widely from many languages, and his versions of classics such as The Poem of the Cid and The Song of Roland are standards.
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