Walden

　　本書是梭羅的經典著作，1985年《美國遺產》評選「十本構成美國人性格的書」，梭羅的《湖濱散記》名列第一，被譽為是現代社會的「綠色聖經」。

　 　本書記錄了梭羅獨自一人在華爾騰湖畔生活的全部過程，以及他對世俗生活、自然界以及精神理念的分析與評價，思想深刻，見解獨到，對現代人有著巨大的啟迪 價值。在梭羅眼裏大自然是美麗的；他說過：大自然就是他的新娘，而華爾騰湖是大地的眼睛，是康科特冠冕上的第一顆明珠。在梭羅眼中，大自然生機盎然，充滿 靈性。他認為，自然界哺育了人類，人是自然界不可分割的組成部分。人類應當尊重自然、熱愛自然，與自然親密無間、和諧相處。

　　此書中譯本<<湖濱散記>>由台灣商務 出版

　　One of the most influential and compelling books in American literature, "Walden" is a vivid account of the years that Henry D. Thoreau spent alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. This edition--introduced by noted American writer John Updike--celebrates the perennial importance of a classic work, originally published in 1854. Much of Walden's material is derived from Thoreau's journals and contains such engaging pieces from the lively "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" and "Brute Neighbors" to the serene "Reading" and "The Pond in the Winter." Other famous sections involve Thoreau's visits with a Canadian woodcutter and with an Irish family, a trip to Concord, and a description of his bean field. This is the complete and authoritative text of Walden--as close to Thoreau's original intention as all available evidence allows.

　　This is the authoritative text of "Walden" and the ideal presentation of Thoreau's great document of social criticism and dissent.

亨利‧大衛‧梭羅(Henry David Thoreau)

　　是十九世紀美國傑出的作家和哲學 家，1845年，二十八歲的梭羅獨自一人來到距康科特兩英里的華爾驣湖畔，離群索居二年多。1854年出版了他的《湖濱散記》。二十世紀六○年代以後，美 國人對梭羅的評價越來越高，對他的迷戀日趨增強。1985年《美國遺產》評選「十本構成美國人性格的書」，梭羅的《湖濱散記》名列第一。評論界認為，梭羅 最先啟蒙了美國人感知大地的思想，則被稱為是「綠色聖徒」，成為了美國文化的偶像。

　　Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, philosopher, and abolitionist who is best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.