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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!
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1840-1844 |
Poems published in The Dial |
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1849 |
Thoreau's first major work published during his life |
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"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 |
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1854 |
Thoreau's account of his two years, two months and two days living at Walden Pond |
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Excursions |
1863 |
Includes the famous essay, "Walking" |
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1863 |
An essay |
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The Maine Woods |
1864 |
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1865 |
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A Yankee in Canada |
1866 |
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Reform Papers |
1973 |
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Early Essays and Miscellanies |
1975 |
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Journal 1: 1837-1844 |
1981 |
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Journal 2: 1842-1848 |
1984 |
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Journal 3: 1848-1851 |
1990 |
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Journal 4: 1851-1852 |
1992 |
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Journal 5: 1852-1853 |
1997 |
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Faith in a Seed |
1993 |
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