Where I Lived, and What I Lived For by Henry Thoreau

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For by Henry Thoreau

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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For by Henry Thoreau

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Thoreau's account of his solitary and self-sufficient home in the New England woods remains an inspiration to the environmental movement - a call to his fellow men to abandon their striving, materialistic existences of 'quiet desperation' for a simple life within their means, finding spiritual truth through awareness of the sheer beauty of their surroundings.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) was born in Concord, Massachusetts and educated at Harvard. He became a follower and a friend of Emerson, and described himself as a mystic and a transcendentalist. Although he published only two books in his lifetime, Walden (from which this book is taken) is regarded as a literary masterpeice and one of the most significant books of the 19th century.
SKU Non disponible
ISBN 13 9780141023977
ISBN 10 014102397X
Titre Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
Auteur Henry Thoreau
Série Penguin Great Ideas
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Penguin Books Ltd
Année de publication 2005-08-25
Nombre de pages 112
Note de couverture La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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