Walden; or, Life in the Woods
11 hrs. 59 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Henry David Thoreau
Author
Henry David Thoreau
Narrator
Ivan Litvinov
Narrator
Ivan Litvinov
Description
For two years, two months, and two days Henry Thoreau lived in a cabin by the shore of Walden Pond, voluntarily isolated from society, working the land, fishing, and reading—while giving up unnecessary inventions of modern civilization. The result of his seclusion was the book “Walden, or Life in the Woods”—18 essays-observations about building a cabin, ways to run a household, the inhabitants of the woods, and nature.
The vividness of the descriptions, the precision of the satire, and the passionate polemics—by one of the first “downshifters.”
“Why live with such haste and spend life so senselessly?”
“Society—even the best—soon tires and distracts from serious thoughts.”
“Society instills in us an exaggerated notion of the importance of our work, yet how much we leave undone!” G. D. Thoreau.
The vividness of the descriptions, the precision of the satire, and the passionate polemics—by one of the first “downshifters.”
“Why live with such haste and spend life so senselessly?”
“Society—even the best—soon tires and distracts from serious thoughts.”
“Society instills in us an exaggerated notion of the importance of our work, yet how much we leave undone!” G. D. Thoreau.
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