Walden

What it's about

Two years, two months and two days in a cabin by a pond, and the most influential argument in American letters for living deliberately with less. Thoreau is by turns a naturalist, a scold, and a very funny writer.

Who it's for

- Anyone considering a smaller, quieter life - Readers of nature writing - Anyone who finds modern minimalism thin and wants the original

What’s inside

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   11 min
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Showing the first 24 of 46 chapters — open the book for the rest.

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