Henry David Thoreau Bundle

Walden, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, and Walking

By: Henry David Thoreau

Narrated by: Jonathan Waters

Henry David Thoreau was a 19th century American writer and lifelong advocate for the abolition of slavery. His written works are many and varied but he is perhaps best known for works such as Walden, a book which promotes the idea of simple living in natural surroundings and for Civil Disobedience, which argues that the general population should not simply sit idle while those elected to government ride roughshod over their wishes.

Of his other published work, Walking stands out as one which deals with the importance of nature to mankind, something which we are becoming increasingly aware of, and the reason that we cannot survive without it, either physically, mentally, or spiritually.

Now, you can own all three of these perceptive and illuminating works in Henry David Thoreau Bundle: Walden, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, and Walking.

Each is a work that is well ahead of its day in terms of thought and each reflects much of what we still face in the world today.

Allow the ideas of Henry David Thoreau to show the path that we should be taking and to shine a light in the darkest corners with this great audiobook bundle!

Public Domain (P)2019 Montgomery Providence Publishing

Great Bundle, Poorly Organized

A collection of classics that most Americans probable encountered at some point in their education (I certainly did) and it was interesting to come back to them many … many years later to contemplate how my perception and understanding of them may have changed. In this case, I definitely enjoyed them more, especially thanks to the excellent narration (I still think he was a loon). As might be expected, the bulk of the bundle is taken up by Walden, with several chapters devoted to certain aspects of Thoreau’s experience. The treatise on Civil Disobedience remains the most interesting IMHO, but it was all good and recommended. The only criticism I have is with the organization … there are no labels to the chapters and entire chapters are devoted to Title and the Words “The End” (You can tell these because they are only 3 seconds long). In light of that, I have tried to outline what is what below.

The chapters and sections in this work are:

Chapter 1 “Walden”
Chapter 2,3,4 - Economy (3:09)
Chapter 5 - Reading (22)
Chapter 6 - Sounds (35)
Chapter 7 - Solitude (20)
Chapter 8 - Visitors (27)
Chapter 9 - The Bean-field (24)
Chapter 10 - The Village (12)
Chapter 11 - The Ponds (54)
Chapter 12 - Baker Farm (15)
Chapter 13 - Higher Laws (25)
Chapter 14 - Brute Neighbors (27)
Chapter 15 - House Warming (33)
Chapter 16 - Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors (28)
Chapter 17 - Winter Animals (21)
Chapter 18 - The End in Winter (31)
Chapter 19 - Spring
Chapter 20,21 - Conclusions, The End

Chapter 22,23,24 “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” (53)

Chapter 25, 26, 27 “Walking” (1:12)


I was given this free advance review/listener copy (ARC) audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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The beauty of the language

I enjoyed the descriptions of nature. The way of words to paint a picture. I saw, in my minds eye, many a place in South Africa that I visited as a child. I smelled the same smells and tasted the fresh air. Henry David Thorough you are a master.

no title on chapters

I like the narrator I like the bundle however there are no titles on the chapter numbers, so you have to guess which chapter is what.

Read too fast

HTD is a contemplative writer. And you can’t rush contemplation. The reader lacks maturity and gravity for this kind of material. It sounds like a bright college freshman giving voice in a perfunctory way to an assignment to which he has no personal investment.

very interesting

Liked it !! this book was very informative, much information to contemplate!!good listening overall. .