Henry David Thoreau 
Walden 

Walden is a book by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau.

The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings.

The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and – to some degree – a manual for self-reliance.
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Circa l’autore

Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, yogi, and historian.

A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay ‘Civil Disobedience’, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
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