Track | Book | Chapter/Descton | Length |
01 | Walden | 01 - Economy (Part 1) | 30:10 |
02 | Walden | 02 - Economy (Part 2) | 38:29 |
03 | Walden | 03 - Economy (Part 3) | 58:42 |
04 | Walden | 04 - Economy (Part 4) | 46:13 |
05 | Walden | 05 - Economy (Part 5) | 23:19 |
06 | Walden | 06 - Where I Lived and What I Lived For (Part 1) | 27:10 |
07 | Walden | 07 - Where I Lived and What I Lived For (Part 2) | 25:42 |
08 | Walden | 08 - Reading | 35:39 |
09 | Walden | 09 - Sounds | 50:08 |
10 | Walden | 10 - Solitude | 31:48 |
11 | Walden | 11 - Visitors | 33:16 |
12 | Walden | 12 - The Bean-Field | 30:08 |
13 | Walden | 13 - The Village | 14:03 |
14 | Walden | 14 - The Ponds | 1:12:46 |
15 | Walden | 15 - Baker Farm | 22:12 |
16 | Walden | 16 - Higher Laws | 36:14 |
17 | Walden | 17 - Brute Neighbors | 36:39 |
18 | Walden | 18 - House-Warming | 42:55 |
19 | Walden | 19 - Former Inhabitants and Winter Visitors | 39:03 |
20 | Walden | 20 - Winter Animals | 26:56 |
21 | Walden | 21 - The Pond In Winter | 38:01 |
22 | Walden | 22 - Spring | 55:44 |
23 | Walden | 23 - Conclusion | 38:25 |
24 | On the Duty of Civil Disobedience | 24 - Chapter 1 | 42:24 |
25 | On the Duty of Civil Disobedience | 25 -Chapter 2 | 38:21 |
Notes
Running Time: 15 hours 34 minutes
Read by: Gord Mackenzie
Book Coordinator: Gord Mackenzie
Meta Coordinator: Gesine
Artwork
Cover: Photograph of Walden Pond, from site of Thoreau's hut circa 1900-1920 by Herbert W. Gleason (1855-1937)
DVD Inset: Photograph of Henry David Thoreau 1861 by Geo. F. Parlow
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When Henry David Thoreau, transcendentalist and friend of Emerson, retreated to Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, he stripped himself of every unnecessary object and distraction and chose to live deliberately. He sought to examine the nature of Life itself, something so dear, precious, imminent and yet so often elusive to so many.
There may be no time more in need of the teachings of Thoreau’s Walden than today. In the age of instant information and big data we are bombarded with enormous amounts of facts, figures and stories from every corner of the world, both pertinent and superfluous, and left to our own devices to process the information. We become so tied to our screens and so enmeshed in the flow that we risk mistaking the virtual for the real. And our lives remain stubbornly, undeniably real, however we may wish to represent them virtually. Thoreau would counsel a pause and advise a closer examination, never blinking at the sacrifices necessary, never blinking in the face of Life itself, and never confusing the atoms of data or the molecules of information for the elements of knowledge and wisdom. (Summary by Michael Hogan)
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience was first published in 1849 as Resistance To Civil Government. The central idea is that individuals should not permit government to overrule their consciences, and that there is a duty to refuse to acquiesce when governments seek to make them agents of injustice. Originally motivated by disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War, the essay became popular during the Sixties as a justification for demonstrations against the Vietnam War.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0684758936110 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0686175923698 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD case, CD jacket, CD security sleeve, download zip file |
Author | Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) |
Year | 1854 |
Recording | |
Read by | Gord Mackenzie |
Length | 14 hours 7 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disbedience
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- Product Code: DB-1017
- Availability: In Stock
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