Walden is one of the classic pieces of American literature. It concerns the account of how the author spent two years, two months and two days living a basic rural existence in a little hut by Walden pond and the thoughts and experiences that he had there. On the surface then it is a story about self sufficiency, but Henry Thoreau was heavily influenced by transcendentalism and the writing is heavy with parables and subtext. The time frame is compressed into a single year and the seasons break the book up into themed sections. This book is both a product of and an influence on many aspects of the famous American character, with the emphasis on individualism and natural living that calls to mind frontiersmanship. Rather than a simple description of a man's experiment in simple living it has become a book about philosophy, happiness, satisfaction and the best way to live. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.