In 1854 a series of eighteen extraordinary essays was published, vividly detailing one man’s two-year experiment living alone in the woods. Henry David Thoreau’s Walden would become one of the most influential books in American literature. Of the many keen observations articulated in this masterwork, this oft-quoted line personifies the human condition: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
Life of Quiet Desperation
Life of Quiet Desperation
Life of Quiet Desperation
In 1854 a series of eighteen extraordinary essays was published, vividly detailing one man’s two-year experiment living alone in the woods. Henry David Thoreau’s Walden would become one of the most influential books in American literature. Of the many keen observations articulated in this masterwork, this oft-quoted line personifies the human condition: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”