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Walden written by Henry David Thoreau performed by William Hope on Audio CD (Abridged)

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ISBN: 9789626342329
Genre - Main: Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific: Memoir
Duration: 313 mins
Length: Abridged
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Performer 1: William Hope
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In 1845 Henry David Thoreau, one of the principal New England Transcendentalists, left the town for the country. Beside the lake of Walden, he built himself a log cabin and returned to nature, to observe and reflect - while surviving on eight dollars a year. From this experience emerged one of the great classics of American literature, a deeply personal reaction against the commercialism and materialism that he saw...

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