Walden With Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essay on Thoreau (Everyman's Library)

Eschewing a conventional residence and lifestyle, Thoreau set up home in the woods on the shore of Walden Pond in Massachusetts, a mile from his nearest neighbour, and earned his living by the labour of his own hands. Most people, he says, are so occupied with the factitious care and toils of life that its finer fruits remain unplucked. So he went to Walden in an attempt to find, in the seemingly simple routines of life stripped to its essentials, the shape beneath what is apparently chaotic. Walden describes Thoreau's domestic economy, the wildlife, the few visitors to his remote wooden hut, and his reflections on the quality of human life in an age of growing materialism and of a prevailing work ethic. It has become a poignant critique of the values of Thoreau's society which retains its relevance and extraordinary power today.Thoreau, Henry David is the author of 'Walden With Ralph Waldo Emerson's Essay on Thoreau (Everyman's Library)', published 1995 under ISBN 9780460876353 and ISBN 046087635X.