Walden
Introduction + Context
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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
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All Characters Henry David Thoreau Canadian woodchopper John Field
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All Symbols Walden Pond The Bean-Field
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Walden

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Henry David Thoreau
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