Henry David Thoreau: 245 books

A town that had a man for breakfast every morning. That's how Tombstone, Arizona was described in the late-1800s, bolstering the myth that a corpse would be found cooling in the town's dusty streets each sunrise. The reality was quite different and much less violent, of course, but that hasn't...

Observations of nature in New England, first published in 1857. According to Wikipedia: "Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist.[1] He is...

To Emerson and other New England transcendentalists who knew him best, Thoreau often seemed prickly and antisocial. But in his writings he was (and is) a man anyone would treasure as a friend, sounding board, and spiritual advisor — a man who trafficked in that rarest of commodities, the truth....

THE fascination which the Orientals possessed for Thoreau is perfectly evident to the reader who skipped no pages in Walden and the Week. The sacred scriptures of the East held his attention through all his creative years, and their effect on his work is so patent that even those who have no eye for...

Walden is a book by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau and a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings - a part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance.

I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for...

As the digital age settles on us and the ebook revolution dawns, the question of why we read to begin with is often forgotten. Who better to turn to for guidance on this question than the man who sought refuge in the simple things we often take for granted, Henry David Thoreau. His thoughts on reading...

Henry David Thoreau realizó un viaje a Canadá del 25 de septiembre al 2 de octubre de 1850. Su relato sobre este viaje apareció publicado inicialmente por entregas en 1853 en la revista Putnam’s Monthly bajo el título «Una excursión a Canadá», y en 1866 fue recogido en un libro titulado...

Em julho de 1845, desgostoso com o crescente comercialismo e industrialismo da sociedade americana, Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) deixou Conrad, Massachusetts, sua cidade natal, para instalar-se à beira do Lago Walden. Publicado primeiramente em 1854 com o título "Walden ou A vida nos bosques",...

Existentialism is a movement in philosophy and literature that emphasizes individual existence, freedom and choice. It holds that, as there is no God or any other transcendent force, the only way to counter this nothingness (and hence to find meaning in life) is by embracing existence. The...

10 masterpieces of literature Vol 1 brings together 10 classics of literature, to be discovered, or to be rediscovered. Equipped with a dynamic table of contents, you would not get lost and could resume reading where you left off. Content: -The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe -A Midsummer Night's Dream...

"Walking" is an essay by Henry David Thoreau that encourages you to consciously enjoy the beauty of nature again and again.

Nach drei frühen Gedichten über den Himmelskörper hat sich Henry David Thoreau dem Mond und seinem Schein vor allem in seiner kleinen Studie "Night and Moonlight" (veröffentlicht 1863) zugewandt, die hier erstmals als eigenständiger, mit Anmerkungen versehener Text auf Deutsch vorliegt.

Der kleine Essay "The Landlord" von Henry David Thoreau erschien zunächst 1843, bevor er zwanzig Jahre später in die Anthologie "Excursions" aufgenommen wurde. In der Charakterstudie entwirft der Autor im Gastwirt einen Idealtypus des Menschenfreunds, der rein aus der Notwendigkeit seiner Natur heraus...