Walden

Resumen del libro

Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the leading figures in early American literature, and Walden is without doubt his most influential book. 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. Designed to appeal to the booklover, Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound hardback gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Biografía del autor

Henry David Thoreau (Massachusetts, 1817-1862). Fue agrimensor, naturalista, conferenciante y fabricante de lápices, además de ensayista y uno de los padres fundadores de la literatura norteamericana. Disidente nato, tan completamente convencido de la bondad de la naturaleza como para proclamar un pensamiento salvaje , se le considera también un pionero de la ecología y de la ética ambientalista. En Errata naturae hemos publicado Cartas a un buscador de sí mismo (2012), Walden (2013), Musketaquid (2014), Un paseo invernal (2014), Desobediencia. Antología de ensayos políticos (2015), Walden. Edición 200 aniversario (2017) y Todo lo bueno es libre y salvaje (2017); además de la biografía canónica escrita por Robert Richardson, Thoreau. Biografía de un pensador salvaje (2017).