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Walden and Civil Disobedience (Collins Classics)
Henry David Thoreau
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Description for Walden and Civil Disobedience (Collins Classics)
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. .
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted ... Read more
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
William Collins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Series
Collins Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007925292
SKU
V9780007925292
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Ref
99-97
About Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) was an American author, intellectual and political dissident most famous for his works Walden and Civil Disobedience. An active abolitionist and naturalist, Thoreau is best remembered for his theory of civil disobedience, which foregrounded the work of figures such as Mohandas Ghandi and Martin Luther King.
Reviews for Walden and Civil Disobedience (Collins Classics)
`Thoreau was a great writer, philosopher, poet, and withal a most practical man, that is, he taught nothing he was not prepared to practise in himself. ... He went to gaol for the sake of his principles and suffering humanity. His essay has, therefore, been sanctified by suffering. Moreover, it is written for all time. Its incisive logic is unanswerable.' ... Read more