Walden, and Civil Disobedience

This American classic details the experiences of Henry David Thoreau while he lived at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau, a transcendentalist writer, recounts extensively his reflections on his natural surroundings, as well as his values and experience of independence, self-reliance, and relation to nature and society. "Civil Disobedience" is a powerful essay by Thoreau that argues the case for one's duty to follow their individual conscience and reject thoughtless acceptance of governmental and social injustices.