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"En juillet 1846, Henry David Thoreau est emprisonné car il a volontairement refusé de payer un impt à l'État américain. Par ce geste, il entendait protester contre l'esclavagisme qui régnait alors dans le Sud et la guerre américano-mexicaine. Il ne passe qu'une nuit en prison, car sa tante paie la caution, ce qui le rend furieux.
Ce livre était originellement intitulé Resistance to Civil Governement (Résistance au gouvernement civil) ;...
2) Walden
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Henry D. Thoreau (1817–62) was an American author, naturalist, poet, and philosopher. He wrote many essays and books, including Civil Disobedience, Walking, and The Maine Woods, among others. John Updike (1932–2009) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and poet.
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...
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