Walden and Civil Disobedience
Walden and Civil Disobedience A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movementsCritical of 19th-century America's booming commercialism and…
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Walden and Civil Disobedience
A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movementsCritical of 19th-century America's booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts in 1845. But Thoreau's embrace of solitude and simplicity did not entail a withdrawal from social and political matters. Walden, the account of his stay near Walden Pond, conveys at once a naturalist's wonder at the commonplace and a transcendentalist's yearning for spiritual truth and self-reliance.
Both give rewarding insight into a free-minded, principled and idiosyncratic life.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher Civil Disobedience, also included in this volume, expresses his antislavery and antiwar sentiments, and has influenced resistance movements worldwide.