Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (Penguin Great Ideas)

by Henry David Thoreau

Book Overview

The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143037587
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.3" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

Like Walden Cliff's Notes

The other reviewer is right that this book contains limited material from Walden. But that's precisely what makes it so useful. If you're interested in the full Walden experiment, with lengthy narratives on bird-watching and ditch-digging and any number of other things, by all means read Walden. However, for those who are simply interested in the philosophy of simple living and want to read shorter essays that get at the heart of it, this is an excellent selection. I fully recommend it.