Walden

WALDEN grew from a journal Thoreau kept while he lived in a simple hut by Walden Pond from July 1845 to September 1847. His journal not only describes the seasons and natural inhabitants at Walden, but also the illusions permeating civilized life, and the conflict between the ideals of living and the methods of making a living. WALDEN contains an intimate, beautiful tribute to nature, and Thoreau's treatment of the concepts of self-reliance and common sense is a classic expression of a philosophy that is uniquely American.