Walden

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Economy Where I Lived, and What I Lived For Reading Sounds Solitude Visitors The Bean-Field The Village The Ponds Baker Farm Higher Laws Brute Neighbors House-Warming Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors Winter Animals The Pond in Winter Spring Conclusion

Themes

All Themes Self-Reliance Work Simplicity Over "Progress" Solitude and Society Nature Transcendentalism, Spirituality, and the Good Life

Quotes

Characters

All Characters Henry David Thoreau Canadian woodchopper John Field

Symbols

All Symbols Walden Pond The Bean-Field

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
& Analysis

Economy
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
Reading
Sounds
Solitude
Visitors
The Bean-Field
The Village
The Ponds
Baker Farm
Higher Laws
Brute Neighbors
House-Warming
Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors
Winter Animals
The Pond in Winter
Spring
Conclusion

Themes

All Themes
Self-Reliance
Work
Simplicity Over "Progress"
Solitude and Society
Nature
Transcendentalism, Spirituality, and the Good Life

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Henry David Thoreau
Canadian woodchopper
John Field

Symbols

All Symbols
Walden Pond
The Bean-Field

Theme Wheel

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Saviano, Andrew. "Walden." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 15 Sep 2013. Web. 19 Apr 2018.

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Saviano, Andrew. "Walden." LitCharts LLC, September 15, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2018. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/walden.

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