Walden

Experience the life of Henry D. Thoreau in his secluded cabin at Walden Pond with one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature. This vivid account, originally published in 1854, offers engaging pieces such as "Reading" and "The Pond in the Winter" while also detailing Thoreau's visits with a Canadian woodcutter and an Irish family, a trip to Concord, and his bean field. This complete and authoritative text is the ideal presentation of Thoreau's great document of social criticism and dissent, introduced by noted American writer John Updike to celebrate the 150th anniversary of this classic work.