Walden; or, Life in the Woods

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book memoir nature writing nonfiction book philosophical work

Walden; or, Life in the Woods is Henry David Thoreau’s seminal 1854 work of philosophical memoir and nature writing, reflecting on simple living, self-reliance, and spiritual contemplation during his experiment in solitude at Walden Pond.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
nature writing ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
basedOn Thoreau’s experiment in simple living at Walden Pond ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endOfExperiment 1847 ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
nature writing ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
transcendentalism ⓘ
hasPart Conclusion ⓘ
Economy ⓘ
Reading ⓘ
Solitude ⓘ
Sounds ⓘ
The Ponds ⓘ
Visitors ⓘ
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For ⓘ
hasSubject critique of materialism ⓘ
human relationship with nature ⓘ
influenced American environmental movement ⓘ
modern nature writing ⓘ
simple living movements ⓘ
literaryPeriod American Romanticism ⓘ
mainLocation cabin near Walden Pond ⓘ
movement American transcendentalism ⓘ
notableQuote I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately. ⓘ
Simplify, simplify. ⓘ
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. ⓘ
numberOfChapters 18 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationDate 1854 ⓘ
publisher Ticknor and Fields ⓘ
setting Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
Walden Pond State Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Walden Pond
startOfExperiment 1845 ⓘ
theme civilization and progress ⓘ
economy and labor ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
nature and humanity ⓘ
self-reliance ⓘ
simple living ⓘ
simplicity versus materialism ⓘ
solitude ⓘ
spiritual contemplation ⓘ
timeOfWriting 1845–1854 ⓘ

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