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"Walden" is a collection of essays written by the American writer Henry David Thoreau. It records the author's strange journey of living in seclusion on the shores of Walden Pond, blending in with nature, perceiving nature and reinventing himself in pastoral life.

"Night and Moonlight" is a selection of Thoreau's essays. This book collects Thoreau's classic prose masterpieces, including "Wild Apple", "The Descent of Forest Trees", "Natural History of Massachusetts" and other excellent works in the field of natural history and natural history. It also includes Thoreau's reasoning essays explaining his outlook on life, love and political opinions, which comprehensively demonstrates Thoreau's natural interests and transcendental philosophy. Specially included is the famous lecture "Nonviolent Resistance", as well as the translator's detailed commentary and interpretation.

"Walden Pond" records the author's strange journey of living in seclusion on the shores of Walden Pond, blending in with nature, perceiving nature in pastoral life, and reshaping himself. It is also known as "the 25 preferred classics that shape readers' lives" along with "The Bible" and other works. This is a quiet, tranquil and wise book. In analyzing life and criticizing customs, the language is astonishing, the words are sparkling, the insights are unique and thought-provoking. Many pages are vivid descriptions, beautiful and detailed, like the purity and transparency of lakes, and the dense greenness of mountains and forests; there are also some pages that are thorough, insightful and enlightening. This is a fresh, healthy, and uplifting book with extremely moving descriptions of spring and dawn. Here we have the clean air provided by nature without the environmental pollution caused by industrial society. Reading it, readers will naturally feel the purity of the soul and the sublimation of the spirit.

In the summer of 1839, Thoreau and his brother sailed on the river for two weeks in a homemade boat. In 1842, his brother died of illness. In memory of his deceased brother, Thoreau wrote "A Week on the River." In this book, Thoreau condensed his two-week journey into one week, with one chapter per day, describing the flowers, birds, insects, fish, mountains and rivers he observed, as well as his thoughts on topics such as religion, poetry, and history. In nature, Thoreau tried to get rid of the mundane disturbances, transcend the boundaries of time, and find inner peace.

This book is a minimalist record of Thoreau's life when he lived alone by Walden Pond. It depicts the natural scenery of Walden Pond with beautiful brushstrokes. It records what the author saw, heard and thought over more than two years, and expresses his profound thinking about man and nature, society and life. Since its first publication in 1854, "Walden" has broken the limitations of time and space and continued to influence the world. In the field of literature, it created and triggered the writing trend of natural literature. In the field of philosophy, Thoreau and Emerson are urged to be regarded as the two giants of transcendentalism. It also directly gave birth to the idea of ​​​​environmental protection and is the true origin of the contemporary minimalist aesthetics and lifestyle that are in the ascendant. The general illustrated edition contains a large number of fine illustrations, intuitively presenting Thoreau's philosophical thoughts, allusions in the text and related natural history knowledge, and pioneeringly provides a set of "knowledge encyclopedia" that is essential for understanding "Walden".

The book "Walden" records in detail the writer's daily life and thoughts for two years. He cultivated land next to his cabin, planted in spring and harvested in autumn, and was self-sufficient. He is a son of nature. He admires nature, makes friends with nature, talks with lakes, forests and birds, observes animals and plants in the forest, plays the flute on the boat, fishes by the lake, and writes down his observations and thoughts in the cabin at night. He pursued spiritual life and paid attention to the growth of the soul. He proudly declared: "Everyone is the king of his own kingdom. Compared with this kingdom, the Tsarist Empire is just a humble country, like a small snowball in the ice and snow." Thoreau tells us with his practical actions: Most of the luxuries people pursue, most of the so-called comfort of life, are not only unnecessary, but also a great hindrance to human progress.

"Walden" is a classic work by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. This collection of essays describes the writer's life and ideological activities during a period of seclusion in Walden Pond. The work describes the joy of pastoral life and the charming scenery of nature. It is full of wise and refined philosophical thinking. The writing is smooth and vivid, thought-provoking, and it is a convincing read. The book advocates simple life and loves the natural scenery. It has rich content, far-reaching meaning, vivid language and profound artistic conception. This book was translated by the famous translator Xu Chi. The text is concise and beautiful, vivid and interesting, and has been widely praised by readers. Since its publication, this edition of "Walden" has been considered a must-read version that best demonstrates Thoreau's writing style and depth of thought. It has been tested by readers and the market.

Henry David Thoreau, American transcendentalist writer and philosopher. In the spring of 1845, he built a wooden house in the woods near Walden Pond in his hometown of Concord. From then on, he worked at sunrise - farming, and at sunset - wrote. In 1847, he completed the first draft of "Walden". After five years of repeated revisions, additions, and polishes, he finally presented to the world this immortal work, "Walden, or the Chronicle of a Forest Dweller." In the book, the author describes in detail the two years and two months he spent in the woods near Walden Pond and his many thoughts during this period. He called the experience an attempt at living a simple and secluded life. Based on his deep belief in transcendentalism, the author provides a wonderful description of the changing seasons of nature and spiritual resurgence. The book begins with spring, goes through summer, autumn and winter, and ends with spring. This is exactly the cycle of life, where the end is also the starting point, and life begins to recover. The author talks about everything in the book, looking at the past and present, praising the natural beauty and denouncing the current social ills. Its exquisite writing and profound analysis have amazed generations of readers. As the most popular non-fiction work in American literature in the 19th century, it is worthy of its name.

"Illustrated Book of Flora and Fauna of Walden" is a natural history classic written for everyone by Thoreau, a representative figure in American literary circles in the mid-19th century. If "Thoreau's Diary" is the "Bible" for nature lovers, then "Walden's Illustrated Book of Flora and Fauna" is the much-anticipated essence. The book uses 600 diary entries to introduce 500 species of wild plants and 400 species of wild animals, and also inserts 200 exquisite illustrations drawn by the National Book Award-winning illustrators Barry Moser and Debbie Cotter Caspari. For many years, Thoreau gave himself the task of roaming the woodlands, meadows, and wetlands of his native Concord area, observing the plants, animals, weather, and his neighbors, and then recording his observations in his "Thoreau's Journal." This record is not only a running account of natural history, but also an in-depth exploration of the spiritual significance of animals and plants to Thoreau. The "Illustrated Book of Flora and Fauna of Walden" unearths the treasure of "Thoreau's Diary", collects its philosophical thoughts about plants and interesting things about animals, and presents a panoramic picture of the natural world around the writer Thoreau.