Classics
Nature
Philosophy
Memoir
1854
Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Published in Spanish as Walden o La Vida en los Bosques
By virtue of its casual, off-handedly brilliant wisdom and the easy splendor of its nature writing, Thoreau’s account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts is one…
What it is
It's an essay · one to read slowly
How it feels
Reading sheet
How it's told
- Form
- Essay
- Who tells it
- First person
- Style
- Literary
- Pace
- Unhurried
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you like a book that makes you think
- you like a story that bends reality a little
- you like dry, sideways humour
Maybe not if…
- you need things to happen fast
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