《瓦尔登湖》是美国自然主义者亨利·戴维·梭罗的经典作品。自工业革命以来,人类社会在取得突飞猛进发展的同时,也产生了一系列诸如环境、生态乃至人类社会等方面的问题,为现代人所累。因而人们希冀从《瓦尔登湖》这部成书于工业革命前夕的自然主义文学代表作中寻找精神家园。本文立足于此,探究《瓦尔登湖》一再在中国掀起阅读热潮之缘由。 Walden is a classic by American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. Since the Industrial Revolution, human society has achieved rapid development while at the same time, it has also brought about a series of problems such as the environment, ecology and even human society, which have been tainted by the modern people. Therefore, people hope to find a spiritual home from Waldensee, a book of naturalistic literary masterpieces written on the eve of the Industrial Revolution. Based on this, this article explores the reason why “Walden Lake” repeatedly set off a reading boom in China.