Walden (AKA: Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is one of the most famous nonfiction books, written by Henry David Thoreau and published in 1854. It is neither a novel nor a true autobiography, but a social critique of many parts of the contemporary Western world, including consumerist attitudes and distance and destruction from nature. What it advocates is subtraction for life and addition for thought.

In May 1845, at the suggestion of his friends, Thoreau begins to spend more than two years living alone by Walden Pond. Walden Pond not only provides Thoreau with a shelter, but also provides him with a unique spiritual atmosphere. Here, he records and describes what he has seen, heard and thought over the past two years. Prove to the readers through his own experiments: In fact, you don't need a lot of money to live well and happily.

Thoreau called it an experiment in simple living. He went into the forest not to become a hermit, but to isolate himself from civil society, so as to have a more objective understanding of civilized society. The response to this book was not great at first, but as time went by, its influence has grown. Today, it has been regarded as a book that calms people's hearts, a spiritual bible for self-cultivation. After reading it, you will gain inner peace.

Table Of Contents

  • Chapter 1 Economy
  • Chapter 2 Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
  • Chapter 3 Reading
  • Chapter 4 Sounds
  • Chapter 5 Solitude
  • Chapter 6 Visitors
  • Chapter 7 The Bean-Field
  • Chapter 8 The Village
  • Chapter 9 The Ponds
  • Chapter 10 Baker Farm
  • Chapter 11 Higher Laws
  • Chapter 12 Brute Neighbors
  • Chapter 13 House-Warming
  • Chapter 14 Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors
  • Chapter 15 Winter Animals
  • Chapter 16 The Pond in Winter
  • Chapter 17 Spring
  • Chapter 18 Conclusion

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