For over a hundred and fifty years, the essays, poetry and journals of the leading transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau have won the admiration of readers, due to the authoras natural observation, symbolic meanings, poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity and practical detail. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete published works of Henry David Thoreau, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the largest collection of journals available to eReaders. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Thoreauas life and works * Concise introductions to the books and other texts * All 5 books, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The complete essays a with rare works often missed out of collections * The complete poetry, with special chronological and alphabetical contents tables * Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read * Includes Thoreauas letters a spend hours exploring the authoras personal correspondence * Features over 2, 000 pages of Thoreauas journals * Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Thoreauas personality and contribution to literature * Features a bonus biography by the authoras close friend Ralph Waldo Emerson a discover Thoreauas literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: due to copyright restrictions we are unable to offer the complete journals. However, the collection provides a generous sample of Thoreauas journals, offering the complete journals for 1837-1847, a detailed example of the amiddlea journals for 1855-1856 and the complete last year of Thoreauas life, as well as a generous selection from all of the other journals. CONTENTS: The Books A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS WALDEN, OR, LIFE IN THE WOODS THE MAINE WOODS CAPE COD A YANKEE IN CANADA The Essays AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS THE SERVICE NATURAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS A WALK TO WACHUSETT SIR WALTER RALEIGH DARK AGES A WINTER WALK THE LANDLORD PARADISE (TO BE) REGAINED HOMER. OSSIAN. CHAUCER. HERALD OF FREEDOM WENDELL PHILLIPS BEFORE THE CONCORD LYCEUM THOMAS CARLYLE AND HIS WORKS ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE WALKING LOVE CHASTITY AND SENSUALITY SLAVERY IN MASSACHUSETTS LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE AUTUMNAL TINTS A PLEA FOR CAPTAIN JOHN BROWN MARTYRDOM OF JOHN BROWN THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN BROWN THE SUCCESSION OF FOREST TREES WILD APPLES NIGHT AND MOONLIGHT HUCKLEBERRIES The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Translations PROMETHEUS BOUND OF ASCHYLUS TRANSLATIONS FROM PINDAR The Letters FAMILIAR LETTERS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU The Journals THOREAUaS JOURNALS The Criticism HENRY DAVID THOREAU: HIS CHARACTER AND OPINIONS by Robert Louis Stevenson BROOK FARM AND CONCORD by Henry James Extracts from AMERICAN NOTEBOOKS by Nathaniel Hawthorne THE FORESTER by Amos Bronson Alcott A FABLE FOR CRITICS by James Russell Lowell HENRY D. THOREAU by Elbert Hubbard THOREAU by Virginia Woolf ANOTHER WORD ON THOREAU by John Burroughs The Biography THOREAU: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH by Ralph Waldo Emerson... as long as the coats were new and tidy, but would soon come to have a beggarly and unsightly look, akin to rags and dustholes. ... I did not much wonder at his remark, for there is a neatness, as well as evident prosperity, a certain elastic easiness of ... as if the proprietor could at least afford to make repairs in the spring, which the Canadian houses do not suggest. ... The whole expense of this journey, including two guidebooks and a map, which cost one dollar twelve and a halfanbsp;...
Title | : | Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated) |
Author | : | Henry David Thoreau |
Publisher | : | Delphi Classics - 2013-11-17 |
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