One of the most explosive books ever published, filled with radical ideas and vivid imagery, it takes the form of a prose poem, recounting the story of a prophet, who descends from the mountains to preach to mankind.
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The concept of paradise is as old as humankind, but it was Thomas More, in 1516, who invented Utopia. He derived it from the Greek meaning ‘no place’, with a pun on the Greek ‘good place’ – a piece of wordplay typical of More and his circle of learned friends.
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Jorge Luis Borges, whose playful and metaphysical stories were heavily influenced by Browne, said, most simply – ‘I love him’.
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Published in 1854, Walden is a profound examination of the power of the human spirit, and a work that has helped define America's very idea of itself as a nation.
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