DESCRIPTION : Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the leading figures in early American literature, and Walden is without doubt his most influential book. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.It recounts the author's experiences living in a small house in the woods around Walden Pond near Concord in Massachusetts. Thoreau constructed the house himself, with the help of a few friends, to see if he could live 'deliberately' - independently and apart from society. The result is an intriguing work which blends natural history with philosophical insights, and includes many illuminating quotations from other authors. Thoreau's wooden shack has won a place for itself in the collective American psyche, a remarkable achievement for a book with such modest and rustic beginnings. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9781509826704 BY (AUTHOR) Thoreau, Henry David PUBLISHER : Pan Macmillan PUBLICATION DATE : October 06, 2016 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Macmillan Collector's Library LANGUAGE : English AGE : From 18 years PRODUCT FORM : Hardback DIMENSION : 156 mm x 102 mm WEIGHT : 204 g SERIES : Macmillan Collector's Library PRODUCT CATEGORY : Biography, Literature & Literary studies
