Walden

En 1845, Thoreau construy? una peque?a caba?a junto al lago Walden. Su idea era procurarse sus propios recursos y vivir de la manera m?s simple y pura posible, como un asceta, dedic?ndose a escribir para ser un poeta de la naturaleza. En su caba?a ten?a tres sillas: "una para la soledad, otra para la amistad, y una tercera para la sociedad". Permaneci? ah? durante dos a?os, que sirvieron de inspiraci?n para su obra maestra, Walden, un canto a la libertad del hombre y la vida en los bosques.



In 1845, Thoreau built a small cabin by Lake Walden. His idea was to procure his own resources and live in the simplest and purest way possible, as an ascetic, dedicating himself to writing to be a poet of nature. In his cabin he had three chairs: "one for loneliness, another for friendship, and a third for society." He stayed there for two years, which served as the inspiration for his masterpiece, Walden, a hymn to the freedom of man and life in the woods.