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Table of contents economy where i lived, and what i lived for reading sounds solitude visitors the beanfield the village the ponds baker farm higher laws brute neighbors housewarming winter animals the pond in winter spring conclusion on the duty of civil disobedience. Henry david thoreau was born david henry thoreau in concord, massachusetts, into the modest new england family of john thoreau, a pencil maker, and cynthia dunbar. Originally drafted as a series of essays describing a most significant episode in his life, it was finally released in book form with each essay. Walden is an american book written by noted transcendentalist henry david thoreau. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for selfreliance.
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