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Lumen Learning

Lumen: American Romanticism: Walden: Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
This is text and audio of Chapters 1-4 of Walden; or, Life in the Woods, by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. It is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings and a manual for self-reliance.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Walden: Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Chapter 2.2 of Walden by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. It focuses on where he lived and what he lived for.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: American Romanticism: Walden: Conclusion

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Chapter 18 of Walden by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Henry David Thoreau and his nonfiction works. It includes links to a Thoreau biography and to the full text of four of his nonfiction works including On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Slavery in Massachusetts,...