Walden; or, Life in the Woods
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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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book
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memoir → nature writing → nonfiction book → philosophical work → |
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Henry David Thoreau
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| basedOn |
Thoreau’s experiment in simple living at Walden Pond
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| endOfExperiment |
1847
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| genre |
autobiography
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memoir → nature writing → philosophy → transcendentalism → |
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Conclusion
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Economy → Reading → Solitude → Sounds → The Ponds → Visitors → Where I Lived, and What I Lived For → |
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critique of materialism
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human relationship with nature → |
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American environmental movement
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modern nature writing → simple living movements → |
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American Romanticism
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| mainLocation |
cabin near Walden Pond
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| movement |
American transcendentalism
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| notableQuote |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.
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Simplify, simplify. → The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. → |
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18
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| publicationDate |
1854
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| publisher |
Ticknor and Fields
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| setting |
Concord, Massachusetts
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Walden Pond → |
| startOfExperiment |
1845
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| theme |
civilization and progress
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economy and labor → individualism → nature and humanity → self-reliance → simple living → simplicity versus materialism → solitude → spiritual contemplation → |
| timeOfWriting |
1845–1854
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Referenced by (16)
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
("Walden")
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The Maine Woods ("Walden") → Where I Lived, and What I Lived For ("Economy (chapter of Walden)") → Where I Lived, and What I Lived For ("Solitude (chapter of Walden)") → Where I Lived, and What I Lived For ("Conclusion (chapter of Walden)") → |
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American Renaissance
("Walden")
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Concord, Massachusetts ("Walden") → Transcendentalism ("Walden") → |
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The Ponds
("Walden")
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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For ("Walden") → |
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Walden Two
("Henry David Thoreau's Walden")
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Henry David Thoreau
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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
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Walden Two
("Walden")
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The Ponds
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Henry David Thoreau
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