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What is this life if not an accumulation of days, days of doubt, days of splendor, days of awe

Young readers are introduced to Henry David Thoreau's masterpiece, Walden, through excerpts from the original work.

"That dream again-the clanging, clattering donkey, the gypsy peddler, the storm-then waking in a pool of sweat, panting, panic-stricken, disoriented, still hearing the sound of his own terror-filled voice >>

On a crisp autumn day two centuries ago, a barefoot, bent old man hurries along a country lane in New England carrying an old pair of shoes stuffed with wild apples. Concealed in his coat and pants pockets, >>