Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau

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"Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau is a philosophical essay and social critique written in the mid-19th century. This work reflects Thoreau's reflections on simple living in natural surroundings, drawing from his personal experiment of living alone in the woods near Walden Pond.

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Topics: Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography · Civil disobedience · Government, Resistance to · Natural history -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods · Solitude · Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods