Project Gutenberg 2013-08-20 Public domain in the USA. 299 Thoreau, Henry David 1817 1862 Thoreau, Henry D. (Henry David) Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin) 1831 1917 Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin Familiar Letters The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 06 (of 20) Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Familiar Letters" by Henry David Thoreau is a collection of personal correspondence written in the mid-19th century. This work provides an intimate glimpse into Thoreau's thoughts and relationships with his family and contemporaries, particularly focusing on his connections to nature, philosophy, and the social issues of his time. The letters reveal Thoreau's character as a thinker, teacher, and poet who was deeply engaged with his immediate environment and broader existential questions. At the start of the volume, we are introduced to Thoreau's early life and his formative years in Concord. The opening letters are addressed to his siblings, highlighting his experiences and observations as a young man. Thoreau reflects on themes of individuality, freedom of thought, and the importance of experiencing nature. In these initial correspondences, he conveys his characteristic wit and moral reflections, setting the stage for a deeper understanding of his philosophies and the influences he drew upon throughout his life. The letters not only serve as a personal narrative but also illustrate Thoreau's evolving perspectives on life, society, and the human connection to the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43523/43523-h/images/title-page.jpg en Authors, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Correspondence Intellectuals -- United States -- Correspondence Naturalists -- United States -- Correspondence PS Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 1123035 1123042 2024-09-18T09:27:13.018818 2023-09-19T05:31:12.080051 text/html text/html 1066180 2013-08-20T16:56:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 1074786 2013-08-20T16:58:58 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1135787 2024-09-18T09:27:33.973651 application/epub+zip 1143872 2024-09-18T09:27:16.361742 application/epub+zip 445545 2024-09-18T09:27:14.620785 application/epub+zip 1487225 2024-09-18T09:27:46.000086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1403111 2024-09-18T09:27:31.995677 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 706580 2022-09-19T20:01:55.843043 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 827917 2024-09-18T09:27:08.812832 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 828065 2013-08-20T16:56:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 330839 2013-08-20T16:58:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 827837 2013-08-20T16:57:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 330574 2013-08-20T16:58:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 827870 2013-08-20T16:58:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 330436 2013-08-20T16:58:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23163 2024-09-18T09:27:46.184084 application/rdf+xml 9782 2024-09-18T09:27:14.915757 image/jpeg 2023 2024-09-18T09:27:14.770750 image/jpeg 1085577 2024-09-18T09:27:13.133796 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia