Quotable Thoreau

A comprehensive and authoritative collection of Thoreau quotations on more than 150 subjects, from beauty to wisdom. This title gathers more than 2,000 memorable passages from this iconoclastic American author, social reformer, environmentalist, and self-reliant thinker.

About the author

Henry D. Thoreau (1817–1862) was an American Transcendentalist writer and naturalist who is best known for his book Walden and the essay “Civil Disobedience.” Jeffrey S. Cramer is the editor of The Portable Thoreau, Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition, and I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, among other books.

Summary

Includes a collection of Thoreau quotations ever assembled. This title gathers more than 2,000 memorable passages from this iconoclastic American author, social reformer, environmentalist, and self-reliant thinker.

Additional text

"The Quotable Thoreau is not meant to be read all at once. It should, rather, be savored bit by bit for maximum engagement, preferably in outdoor settings at various times of the year."---Jeffrey Mifflin, Historical Journal of Massachusetts

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey S Cramer, Henry D. Thoreau
• Assisted by: Jeffrey S Cramer (Editor), Cramer Jeffrey S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 08.07.2025
• EAN: 9780691271033
• ISBN: 978-0-691-27103-3
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Prose: non-fiction, REFERENCE / Quotations, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Biography and non-fiction prose, Dictionaries Of Quotations, Quotations, proverbs and sayings