
Walden
Henry David Thoreau (1854)
“A man quits civilization for two years to find out what it actually costs to be alive — and the answer indicts everyone who stayed.”
EraRomantic / Transcendentalist
Pages352
Difficulty★★★★☆ Advanced
AP Appearances9
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nature
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