BEAUTIFUL LITERATURE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR: THOREAU'S WALDEN POND

A lot of people have been on holiday recently, so it's been a wonderful time to be in close contact with Nature or relax and listen to beautiful literature from the Romantic period, which focused on mother Nature too. (This is an excellent listening exercise for advanced students!)

Here is a beautiful example, the book Walden, written by Trascendentalist Henry David Thoreau, who had a deep influence on later thought: he is said to have initiated the American tradition of Environmental philosophy. Enjoy this beautiful poetic prose!