Walden

by Thoreau, Henry David; Shanley, J. Lyndon; Oates, Joyce Carol

• ISBN13: 9780691014647
• ISBN10: 0691014647
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-05-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

In March 1845 Henry David Thoreau "borrowed an exe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond" where he lived for more than two. Now, for the first time, here are selections from Thoreau's Walden, chosen especially for the picture book reader. Full-color illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Walden	p. 2
Economy	p. 3
Complemental, Verses: The Pretensions of Poverty	p. 80
Where I Lived, and What I Lived for	p. 81
Reading	p. 99
Sounds	p. 111
Solitude	p. 129
Visitors	p. 140
The Bean-Field	p. 155
The Village	p. 167
The Ponds	p. 173
Baker Farm	p. 201
Higher Laws	p. 210
Brute Neighbors	p. 223
House-Warming	p. 238
Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors	p. 256
Winter Animals	p. 271
The Pond in Winter	p. 282
Spring	p. 299
Conclusion	p. 320
Index	p. 335
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