Collected essays and poems / [print]
Henry David Thoreau.
- New York: Literary Classics of the United States: (c)2001. Distributed by Penguin Books, (c)2001.
- xiv, 703 pages ; 21 cm.
- Library of America ; 124 .
- Library of America ; 124. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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 : extracts from a lecture on poetry read before the Concord Lyceum, November 29, 1843 by Henry D. Thoreau -- Herald of freedom -- Wendell Phillips before Concord Lyceum -- Thomas Carlyle and his works -- Civil disobedience -- Walking -- A Yankee in Canada -- 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 : an address before the Middlesex (Massachusetts) Agricultural Society -- Wild apples -- Huckleberries -- Poems.
A collection of essential writings features Thoreau's poetry and essays on nature, materialism, conformity, and politics; including such works as "Slavery in Massachusetts," "Civil Disobedience," "A Winter Walk," and "Life Without Principle."