《瓦尔登湖》的作者梭罗生平简单却耐人寻味。1837年毕业于哈佛大学,1838年回到家乡,执教两年。1845年他借了一柄斧头,孤身一人,跑进了无人居住的瓦尔登湖边的山林中,自己砍柴,在瓦尔登湖畔建造了一座小木屋,并在小木屋住了两年零两个月。他在小木屋旁开荒种地,春种秋收,自食其力。他在小木屋周围种豆、萝卜、玉米和马铃薯,然后拿这些到村子里去换大米。他崇尚自然,与自然交朋友,与湖水、森林和 Thoreau, author of “Walden”, is a simple but thought-provoking one. Graduated from Harvard University in 1837, returned to his hometown in 1838, coached for two years. In 1845 he lent an ax, alone, ran into the uninhabited forest of the Walden Lakes, cut firewood himself, built a log cabin on the shore of Walden and spent two years in a log cabin Two months. He hides wasteland near the log cabins, harvesting in the spring and settling his own feet. He planted beans, radishes, corn and potatoes around the log cabins and took them to the village to change rice. He admires nature, makes friends with nature, and the lake, the forest and