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[美]亨利·戴维·梭罗
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About the Author
Henry David Thoreau, the renowned American transcendentalist philosopher and naturalist, was born in 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts, where he spent much of his life immersed in the rhythms of nature and the pursuit of self-reliance. A graduate of Harvard College, Thoreau worked briefly as a teacher and surveyor before dedicating himself to writing and activism, including his staunch abolitionist efforts and civil disobedience principles that influenced figures like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. His seminal work, Walden; or, Life in the Woods, chronicles his two-year experiment in simple living by Walden Pond, advocating for a deliberate life close to nature amid the encroaching industrialization of 19th-century America. Thoreau's essays and journals remain vital for their eloquent defense of individualism, environmental stewardship, and moral resistance, inspiring generations to question societal norms and cherish the wild.
Common genres
Writing style
lyrical
introspective
concise
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