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The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861

The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861

Thoreau, Henry David
Searls, Damion
Stilgoe, John R.

Paperback

Series: New York Review Books Classics

Biographies GeneralLiterary FiguresFiction Anthologies

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 159017321X
ISBN13: 9781590173213
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: Nov 24 2009
Pages: 704
Weight: 1.55
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The largest one-volume edition of Thoreau's 25-year journal, with some of the most vigorous and original prose in English and insights on Walden and other works (Washington Post).

Henry David Thoreau's Journal was his life's work: the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right. This is one of the most intensive explorations ever made of the everyday environment, the revolving seasons, and the changing self.

It is a treasure trove of some of the finest prose in English and, for those acquainted with it, its prismatic pages exercise a hypnotic fascination. Yet at roughly seven thousand pages, or two million words, it remains Thoreau's least-known work.

This reader's edition, the largest one-volume edition of Thoreau's Journal ever published, is the first to capture the scope, rhythms, and variety of the work as a whole. Ranging freely over the world at large, the Journal is no less devoted to the life within. As Thoreau says, It is in vain to write on the seasons unless you have the seasons in you.

. . . a superb and uniquely accessible edition of an essential American masterpiece.

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