{"product_id":"walden-or-life-in-the-woods","title":"Walden; Or, Life In The Woods","description":"\u003cp\u003e2016 Reprint Of 1854 Edition. This Is Perhaps ThoreauS Most Famous Transcendentalist Work. The Text Is A Reflection Upon Simple Living In Natural Surroundings. The Work Is Part Personal Declaration Of Independence, Social Experiment, Voyage Of Spiritual Discovery, Satire, And Manual For Self-Reliance. First Published In 1854, Walden Details ThoreauS Experiences Over The Course Of Two Years, Two Months, And Two Days In A Cabin He Built Near Walden Pond, Amidst Woodland Owned By His Friend And Mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, Near Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau Used This Time To Write His First Book, A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers. The Experience Later Inspired Walden, In Which Thoreau Compresses The Time Into A Single Calendar Year And Uses Passages Of Four Seasons To Symbolize Human Development. By Immersing Himself In Nature, Thoreau Hoped To Gain A More Objective Understanding Of Society Through Personal Introspection. Simple Living And Self-Sufficiency Were ThoreauS Other Goals, And The Whole Project Was Inspired By Transcendentalist Philosophy, A Central Theme Of The American Romantic Period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martino Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877977940166,"sku":"DADAX1684220319","price":12.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/81Y6Q2R4ABL.jpg?v=1779681027","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/walden-or-life-in-the-woods","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}