Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
Location:
United States
Networks:
Henry David Thoreau
Digital Voice Bill Oxley E
Erin Schmidt
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Influential on thinkers including Mahatma Gandhi, Marcel Proust, Upton Sinclair, William Butler Yeats, Leo Tolstoy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Henry David Thoreau's essay on civil disobedience dates from 1849, before the American Civil War. Thoreau argues that one's conscience, rather than the letter of the law, is the authority to which one owes obedience in civil matters. He uses the essay to explore ways in which the abolitionists of his day could more effectively work to end the practice of slavery in the U.S. 'Civil Disobedience' recounts the story of how Thoreau was (briefly) imprisoned for this belief. For the listener's convenience, the essay has been separated into four chapters and the sources of quoted text have been added to the body of the essay. Duration - 55m. Author - Henry David Thoreau. Narrator - Digital Voice Bill Oxley E. Published Date - Tuesday, 13 January 2026. Copyright - © 1849 Henry David Thoreau ©.
Language:
English
