# Walden and Civil Disobedience

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- Book: [Walden and Civil Disobedience](https://www.bookquiver.com/henry-david-thoreau/walden-and-civil-disobedience) ([Walden and Civil Disobedience.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/henry-david-thoreau/walden-and-civil-disobedience.md))
- Authors: [Henry David Thoreau](https://www.bookquiver.com/henry-david-thoreau)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4039-044-5
- Pages: 432
- Published: 1984-01-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Disdainful of America’s booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau left Concord, Massachusetts, in 1845 to live in solitude in the woods near Walden Pond. Walden , the account of his stay, conveys at once a naturalist’s wonder at the commonplace and a Transcendentalist’s yearning for spiritual truth and self-reliance. But even as Thoreau disentangled himself from worldly matters, his musings were often disturbed by his social conscience. Civil Disobedience , also included in this volume, expresses his antislavery and antiwar sentiments, and has influenced non-violent resistance movements worldwide. Both give a rewarding insight into a free-minded, principled and idiosyncratic man.