Walden / Henry D. Thoreau ; edited by J. Lyndon Shanley ; with an introduction by John Updike.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

Contributor:

Shanley, J. Lyndon (James Lyndon), 1910-1996.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. 1971 Works.

The writings of Henry David Thoreau

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Walden Woods.

Thoreau, Henry David.

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

Wilderness areas--Massachusetts--Walden Woods.

Wilderness areas.

Massachusetts--Walden Woods.

Natural history--Massachusetts--Walden Woods.

Natural history.

Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Solitude.

Walden Woods (Mass.)--Social life and customs.

Walden Woods (Mass.).

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

xxiv, 352 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

150th anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2004.

Summary:

"This new paperback edition - introduced by noted American writer John Updike - celebrates the 150th anniversary of this classic work. Much of Walden's material is derived from Thoreau's journals and contains such engaging pieces as "Reading" and "The Pond in the Winter." Other famous sections involve Thoreau's visits with a Canadian woodcutter and with an Irish family, a trip to Concord, and a description of his bean field. This is the complete and authoritative text of Walden - as close to Thoreau's original intention as all available evidence allows." "For the student and for the general reader, this is the ideal presentation of Thoreau's great document of social criticism and dissent."--BOOK JACKET.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0691096120

9780691096124

OCLC:

54372125

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