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Author | : Henry David Thoreau |
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Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : American essays |
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience: This is Thoreau's classic protest against government's interference with individual liberty. One of the most famous essays ever written, it came to the attention of Gandhi and formed the basis for his passive resistance movement.
Author | : Henry David Thoreau |
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Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1882 |
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Author | : Henry Thoreau |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 2005-08-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0141964294 |
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Thoreau's account of his solitary and self-sufficient home in the New England woods remains an inspiration to the environmental movement - a call to his fellow men to abandon their striving, materialistic existences of 'quiet desperation' for a simple life within their means, finding spiritual truth through awareness of the sheer beauty of their surroundings.
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Publisher | : Commonwealth Editions |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-06-15 |
Genre | : Walden Pond (Middlesex County, Mass.) |
ISBN | : 9781889833804 |
One of Commonwealth Editions' perennials: Bonnie McGrath's photos of Walden matched with quotations from Thoreau's Walden.
Author | : Shortcut Edition |
Publisher | : Shortcut Edition |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2021-06-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. As you read this summary, you will discover that Henry David Thoreau, a 19th century American essayist, lived alone for almost two years in a cabin on Lake Walden, Massachusetts. He built this cabin with his own hands and kept his needs to a minimum. Without living completely isolated (his cabin was located a few miles from the town of Concord), he lived for several months, the experience of a life outside the norm. In "Walden or life in the woods" he describes this experience. You will also discover : his rejection of society and the affirmation of his freedom; how to get a house cheaply; the benefits of self-sufficiency; voluntary simplicity: the real luxury is time; how to rid oneself of possessions so as not to become a slave to one's possessions; that far from material contingencies, it is possible to observe the world and oneself; how to get to know oneself. The vast majority of men live a life of quiet despair. From morning to night, they work tirelessly to support themselves and pay their debts. They do not perceive that their lives are passing without nobility and that in order to gain access to a few possessions, they give up what is most precious to them: their freedom. It is to stop this absurd and disordered flight forward that this experience of retreat is carried out, in order to regain the essential meaning of existence. *Buy now the summary of this book for the modest price of a cup of coffee!
Author | : Henry David Thoreau |
Publisher | : anboco |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2016-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3736412649 |
The Maine Woods was the second volume collected from his writings after Thoreau's death. Of the material which composed it, the first two divisions were already in print. "Ktaadn and the Maine Woods" was the title of a paper printed in 1848 in The Union Magazine, and "Chesuncook" was published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1858. The book was edited by his friend William Ellery Channing. It was during his second summer at Walden that Thoreau made his first visit to the Maine woods. It was probably in response to a request from Horace Greeley that he wrote out the narrative from his journal, for Mr. Greeley had shown himself eager to help Thoreau in putting his wares on the market. In a letter to Emerson, January 12, 1848, Thoreau writes: "I read a part of the story of my excursion to Ktaadn to quite a large audience of men and boys, the other night, whom it interested. It contains many facts and some poetry." He offered the paper to Greeley at the end of March, and on the 17th of April Greeley responded: "I inclose you $25 for your article on Maine scenery, as promised. I know it is worth more, though I have not yet found time to read it; but I have tried once to sell it without success. It is rather long for my columns, and too fine for the million; but I consider it a cheap bargain, and shall print it myself if I do not dispose of it to better advantage. You will not, of course, consider yourself x under any sort of obligation to me, for my offer was in the way of business, and I have got more than the worth of my money." But this generous, high-minded friend was thinking of Thoreau's business, not his own, for in October of the same year he writes, "I break a silence of some duration to inform you that I hope on Monday to receive payment for your glorious account of 'Ktaadn and the Maine Woods,' which I bought of you at a Jew's bargain and sold to The Union Magazine...
Author | : Henry David Thoreau |
Publisher | : Obvious State |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-09-17 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9781633300088 |
Henry David Thoreau dropped the gauntlet with Walden in 1854, and it is more relevant than ever. To Live Deliberately is our visual reimagining of Thoreau's most well-known essay, Where I Lived and What I Lived For. Accompanied by 30 illustrations, the essay challenges the trappings of modern living and embraces an ascetic rejection of the material and the trivial in exchange for a reconnection with nature as a path toward self-discovery. We judiciously edited Thoreau's essay to avoid any unnecessarily confusing news references, and were amazed to discover that not only does this manifesto otherwise hold up, but it also feels surprisingly modern and more relevant than ever. Thoreau's rejection of news as largely gossip, and the obsession with travel and railroads as idle self-indulgence, bear a sobering resemblance to our modern preoccupation with social media and internet surfing. In both instances, the impulse to seek distraction is the same. The Obvious State Classics Collection is an evolving series of visually reimagined beloved works that speaks to contemporary readers. The pocket-sized, collectable editions feature the selected works of celebrated authors such as T. S. Eliot, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Sara Teasdale and Henry David Thoreau.
Author | : Henry David Thoreau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Author | : getAbstract AG |
Publisher | : getAbstract AG |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2019-11-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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Henry David Thoreau may have escaped to the wilderness to write Walden; or Life in the Woods nearly two centuries ago, but it wouldn’t be hard to imagine his book sitting on a bestseller list next to Eat, Pray, Love or Under the Tuscan Sun. Writing during the early Industrial Revolution, just when the railroad had reached his hometown, he struggles with the purpose of life, the ever-quickening pace of work, the futility of materialism and the neglect of appreciating the beauty in the natural world. As canny today as it was in antebellum America, Thoreau’s book shows how far people have come and how little the human condition has changed over the decades. This summary of Walden; or Life in the Woods was produced by getAbstract, the world's largest provider of book summaries. getAbstract works with hundreds of the best publishers to find and summarize the most relevant content out there. Find out more at getabstract.com.
Author | : M. Scott Peck |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1998-01-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0684835614 |
Peck's views on being a separate courageous individual.