The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861

The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861 - Paperback

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The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861 - Paperback

The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861 - Paperback

by Henry David Thoreau
$29.95
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Book Overview

The largest one-volume edition of Thoreau's 25-year journal, with "some of the most vigorous and original prose in English" and insights on Walden and other works (Washington Post).

Henry David Thoreau's Journal was his life's work: the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right. This is one of the most intensive explorations ever made of the everyday environment, the revolving seasons, and the changing self.

It is a treasure trove of some of the finest prose in English and, for those acquainted with it, its prismatic pages exercise a hypnotic fascination. Yet at roughly seven thousand pages, or two million words, it remains Thoreau's least-known work.

This reader's edition, the largest one-volume edition of Thoreau's Journal ever published, is the first to capture the scope, rhythms, and variety of the work as a whole. Ranging freely over the world at large, the Journal is no less devoted to the life within. As Thoreau says, "It is in vain to write on the seasons unless you have the seasons in you."

" . . . a superb and uniquely accessible edition of an essential American masterpiece."
--Booklist
ISBN9781590173213
Author Henry David Thoreau
PublisherNew York Review of Books
GenreBiography and Literature
FormatPaperback
PublishedNovember 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages704
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Henry David Thoreau

HENRY DAVID THOREAU was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817. He graduated from Harvard in 1837, the same year he began his lifelong Journal. While living at Walden Pond, Thoreau worked on the two books published during his lifetime: Walden (1854) and A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849). Several of his other works, including The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, and Excursions, were published posthumously. Thoreau died in Concord, at the age of forty-four, in 1862.

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