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Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Henry David Thoreau, Virginia Woolf is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Walden about?

Written by noted Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, Walden is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau did not intend to live as a hermit, for he received visitors regularly, and returned their visits. Rather, he hoped to isolate himself from society to gain a more objective understanding of it. Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period. As Thoreau made clear in his book, his cabin was not in wilderness but at the edge of town, about two miles (3 km) from his family home. Thoreau's intention during his time at Walden Pond was "to conduct an experiment: Could he survive, possibly even thrive, by stripping away all superfluous luxuries, living a plain, simple life in radically reduced conditions?" He thought of it as an experiment in "ho

Who reads Walden?

Author

Henry David Thoreau, Henry David Thoreau, Virginia Woolf

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781494812508

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, History

Rating

3.79 / 5 (50 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13