Walden

by Henry D. Thoreau; Edited and with an Afterword by Jeffrey S. Cramer; Introduction by Denis Donoghue

• ISBN13: 9780300110081
• ISBN10: 0300110081
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-05-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

This handsome, affordable paperback edition ofWaldenis the most authoritative version of Thoreau's masterpiece to date. Cramer's newly edited text is based on the original 1854 edition ofWalden, with emendations taken from Thoreau's draft manuscripts, his own markings on page proofs, and notes in his personal copy of the book. An elegantly produced paperback, it has been priced especially with the student market in mind. An introduction by Denis Donoghue places Thoreau's life and achievement in context. Also included here are notes on the text, an afterword by the editor, and a helpful selected bibliography.

Author Biography

Jeffrey S. Cramer is curator of collections, The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods. He is editor of Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition.  He is preparing for publication What I Lived For: The Annotated Selected Journals of Henry D. Thoreau. 

Table of Contents

Introduction by Denis Donoghue	vii
Economy	1	(85)
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For	86	(20)
Reading	106	(13)
Sounds	119	(20)
Solitude	139	(12)
Visitors	151	(17)
The Bean-Field	168	(14)
The Village	182	(7)
The Ponds	189	(30)
Baker Farm	219	(10)
Higher Laws	229	(14)
Brute Neighbors	243	(16)
House-Warming	259	(19)
Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors	278	(16)
Winter Animals	294	(12)
The Pond in Winter	306	(18)
Spring	324	(23)
Conclusion	347	(16)
afterword	363	(12)
bibliography	375	(4)
notes on the text
choice of copy text	379	(1)
textual notes and emendations	380	(10)
end-of-line hyphenation	390	(7)
index	397