從1845年7月4日到1847年9月6日，梭羅獨自生活在瓦爾登湖邊，差不多正好兩年零兩個月。瓦爾登湖不僅為梭羅提供了一個棲身之所，也為他提供了一種獨特的精神氛圍。
1846年2月，梭羅按計劃前去康科德城講課。梭羅準備了一個“我自己的歷史”（The History of Myself）的課題。沒想到講座受到觀眾的熱烈歡迎。在這次講座的啟發(fā)下，梭羅將自己的講課提綱加以整理，又經過了很長一段時間的寫作，終于完成了Walden，or Life in Woods（《瓦爾登湖，又名林中生活散記》）這部傳世的名著�！锻郀柕呛烦霭嬗�1854年，這是19世紀美國文學非小說著作中受讀者歡迎的書籍。目前，此書已出現了兩百多個版本，并被譯成許多種文字。
HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862) was an American author, poet, naturalist, historian,philosopher, and leading transcendentalist. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 2o volumes, among which Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, is best known.Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience influenced the political thoughts and actions of such later figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
1. Economy
2. Complemental Verses
3. Where I Lived， and What I Lived for
4. Reading
5. Sounds
6. Solitude
7. Visitors
8. The Beanfield
9. The Village
10. The Ponds
11. Baker Farm
12. Higher Laws
13. Brute Neighbors
14. House-Warming
15. Former Inhabitants； and Winter Visitors
16. Winter Animals
17. The Pond in Winter
18. Spring
19. Conclusion
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