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Canoeing in the Wilderness

Nature

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Henry David Thoreau - Canoeing in the Wilderness

A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America's beloved nature writers, this short piece shows well Thoreau's great love of the early American wilderness. Be transported to the deep woods of Maine...

Melissa Green 2 hours 41 minutes

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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 3)

Political Science

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Henry David Thoreau - On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 3)

«That government is best which governs least» is the famous opening line of this essay. The slavery crisis inflamed New England in the 1840s and 1850s. The environment became especially tense after the Fugitive Slave...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 7 minutes

Walden, Version 2

Nature

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Henry David Thoreau - Walden, Version 2

Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal...

Nick Bulka 11 hours 58 minutes

Maine Woods

*Non-fiction

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Henry David Thoreau - Maine Woods

On August 31, 1846, twenty-nine-year-old Henry David Thoreau left his cabin on Walden Pond to undertake a railroad and steamboat journey to Bangor, Maine, from where he would venture with his Penobscot guide Joe Polis...

Expatriate 9 hours 25 minutes

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 2)

*Non-fiction

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Henry David Thoreau - On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 2)

ivil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments...

Bob Neufeld 1 hour 2 minutes

Walking

Essays & Short Works

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Henry David Thoreau - Walking

This was originally a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum titled «The Wild». He revised it before his death and it was included as part of the June 1862 edition of Atlantic Monthly. This essay...

Chris Masterson 1 hour 29 minutes

Fisher's Boy

Poetry

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Henry David Thoreau - Fisher's Boy

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of the Fisher’s Boy by Henry David Thoreau. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of May 13th, 2007.

Betsie Bush and 10 more 13 minutes

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Essays & Short Works

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Henry David Thoreau - On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government, it expressed Thoreau’s belief that people should not allow governments to overrule or atrophy...

Gord Mackenzie 1 hour 21 minutes

Walden

*Non-fiction

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Henry David Thoreau - Walden

Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond....

Gord Mackenzie 14 hours 18 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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