Walden

Including a detailed biographical annotation of Henry David Thoreau his life and his achivements. *** In 1854 Thoreau published the book by which he will always be best known Walden or Life in the Woods. It is by far the deepest richest and most closely jointed of his books. It shows Thoreau at his best and contains all that he had to say to the world. In fact he is a man of one book and that book is Walden. In plan it is open to the same objection as A Week and might almost plead guilty to the charge of obtaining a hearing under false pretences. Life in the woods suggests the atmosphere of As You Like It and the Robin Hood ballads but not moralizings on economy and the duty of being yourself. The reader who takes up the book with the idea that he is going to enjoy another Robinson Crusoe will not be pleased to find that every now and then he will have to listen to a lay sermon or a lyceum lecture. *** The series Large Print Reader's Choice features classic books with a font size of at least 16 points. This font size is not only highly recommended and useful for visually impaired readers but generally improves letter and word recognition and reading comprehension. Large print books make your reading experience a more satisfying one.