# Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience

**Author:** Henry Thoreau
**Tags:** Civil disobedience, Solitude, Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862, Government, Resistance to, Natural history, Wilderness areas, Authors, American, Walden Woods (Mass.), Biography
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
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## Description

In this landmark volume, Henry Thoreau brings together two of his most influential works: Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. Walden recounts the two years Thoreau spent living alone in a small cabin he built on the shore of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, where he sought to strip life down to its essentials. Through vivid observations of the surrounding woods, ponds, and seasons, he explores themes of self-reliance, simplicity, and the search for meaning beyond material comfort, offering a meditation on what it truly means to live deliberately. Paired with this classic is his provocative essay on civil disobedience, in which he argues that individual conscience must take precedence over unjust laws and government authority, a stance born from his own refusal to pay taxes supporting slavery and war. Together these works form a powerful statement on personal freedom, moral responsibility, and resistance to conformity. Blending careful natural observation with sharp social and political critique, this collection remains a cornerstone of American thought, shaping generations of writers, reformers, and independent thinkers who followed.