Publisher's Synopsis
The three main books in a unique book or ebook by the American writer, poet, naturalist, essayist and philosopher Henry Dvid Thoreau.
Walden is the most famous book by the American author, a reflection upon the simple life you can live in natural surroundings, characterized by Thoreau, s transcendentalism, satire, a strong refection on modern society and Thoreau's personal declaration of independence. A timeless masterpiece.
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is a short essay, originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government", with a strong criticism to an unjust state, in a period in which the northamerican author was disgusted by slavery and the Mexican American War of 1846-1848.
Walking, sometimes called "The Wild", is a lecture probably written around the half of 1800, dominated by Thoreau's main themes as seen in Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, nature, environment, criticism to government, justice and society, characterized by a strong self-reflection, too.
