Walden

From 1845 to 1847 Thoreau lives in a hut he builds by Walden Pond, near Concord, and this book, first published in 1854, reports that experiment. Chapters treat the cost of the house, beans he hoes, the pond in different seasons, visitors, reading, and the woods at night and in winter. He argues for stripping life to what is necessary and against the town's habits of debt and fuss. Animals, ice-cutters, and the railroad appear as neighbors. The work is a first-person journal-essay of place and economy, not a novel and not a manual for camping.

Quarter-bound in grey cloth with design printed light green paper covers. Light brown slipcase.