American Literature / Unit 7 AML 0612 short lesson, about 20 seconds
*Walden*: The Experiment and the Book
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The idea
Walden, or Life in the Woods appeared in eighteen fifty-four, compressing two years into one turning year and organizing itself by season. It is one of two books Thoreau published in his lifetime, and it mixes account-keeping, natural history and sermon.
In practice
Two years, told as one year.
Where people slip
The compression is a literary choice.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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