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Henry David Thoreau

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  Although Henry David Thoreau only saw two of his books published during his lifetime, his friends and family saw to it that his many insightful works were published after his death. The list of some of Thoreau's major works is below.

If the title of the work is in blue, you can actually link to a page where the work is published online. Happy reading!

Title of Work:

Year Published:

Other Information:

Various Poems

1840-1844

Poems published in The Dial

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

1849

Thoreau's first major work published during his life

"Civil Disobedience" (also known as "Resistance to Civil Government")

1849

Thoreau's famous essay about his arrest after refusing to pay a tax that supported slavery

Walden, or, Life in the Woods

1854

Thoreau's account of his two years, two months and two days living at Walden Pond

Excursions

1863

Includes the famous essay, "Walking"

"Life Without Principle"

1863

An essay

The Maine Woods

1864

Cape Cod

1865

A Yankee in Canada

1866

Reform Papers

1973

Early Essays and Miscellanies

1975

Journal 1: 1837-1844

1981

Journal 2: 1842-1848

1984

Journal 3: 1848-1851

1990

Journal 4: 1851-1852

1992

Journal 5: 1852-1853

1997

Faith in a Seed

1993

 


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