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Henry David Thoreau Essays Ensaios de Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau
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Read Henry David Thoreau Essays by Henry David Thoreau in Portuguese and English, a parallel text graded reader with audio. Available in CEFR levels A2, B1, B2, and C2.
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Complex sentences and a fuller vocabulary, close to everyday native reading.
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1 O serviço: As qualidades do recruta The Service: Qualities of the Recruit 2 O serviço: Que música teremos? The Service: What Music Shall We Have? 3 O serviço: Não quantos, mas onde estão os inimigos The Service: Not How Many, but Where the Enemy Are 4 Aulo Pérsio Flaco Aulus Persius Flaccus 5 Uma caminhada até Wachusett A Walk to Wachusett 6 História natural do Massachusetts Natural History of Massachusetts 7 Séculos obscuros Dark Ages 8 Um passeio de inverno A Winter Walk 9 O estalajadeiro The Landlord 10 O paraíso a reconquistar Paradise (to Be) Regained 11 Homero; Ossian; Chaucer: Homero Homer; Ossian; Chaucer: Homer 12 Homero; Ossian; Chaucer: Ossian Homer; Ossian; Chaucer: Ossian 13 Homero; Ossian; Chaucer: Chaucer Homer; Ossian; Chaucer: Chaucer 14 Homero; Ossian; Chaucer: A poesia Homer; Ossian; Chaucer: Poetry 15 O arauto da liberdade Herald of Freedom 16 Wendell Phillips perante o Concord Lyceum Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum 17 Thomas Carlyle e a sua obra Thomas Carlyle and His Works 18 Do dever da desobediência civil On the Duty of Civil Disobedience 19 Sir Walter Raleigh 20 A escravatura no Massachusetts Slavery in Massachusetts 21 Vida sem princípio Life Without Principle 22 Chesuncook 23 Um apelo em favor do capitão John Brown A Plea for Captain John Brown 24 Após a morte de John Brown After the Death of John Brown 25 Os últimos dias de John Brown The Last Days of John Brown 26 A sucessão das árvores da floresta The Succession of Forest Trees 27 Caminhar Walking 28 Tons de outono: Introdução Autumnal Tints: Introduction 29 Tons de outono: As ervas purpúreas Autumnal Tints: The Purple Grasses 30 Tons de outono: O ácer vermelho Autumnal Tints: The Red Maple 31 Tons de outono: O olmo Autumnal Tints: The Elm 32 Tons de outono: Folhas caídas Autumnal Tints: Fallen Leaves 33 Tons de outono: O ácer-açucareiro Autumnal Tints: The Sugar-Maple 34 Tons de outono: O carvalho escarlate Autumnal Tints: The Scarlet Oak 35 Maçãs bravas: A história da macieira Wild Apples: The History of the Apple-Tree 36 Maçãs bravas: A maçã brava Wild Apples: The Wild Apple 37 Maçãs bravas: A macieira brava Wild Apples: The Crab 38 Maçãs bravas: Como cresce a maçã brava Wild Apples: How the Wild Apple Grows 39 Maçãs bravas: O fruto e o seu sabor Wild Apples: The Fruit, and Its Flavor 40 Maçãs bravas: A sua beleza Wild Apples: Their Beauty 41 Maçãs bravas: Como lhes chamar Wild Apples: The Naming of Them 42 Maçãs bravas: A última respiga Wild Apples: The Last Gleaning 43 Maçãs bravas: A maçã “gelada e degelada” Wild Apples: The “Frozen-Thawed” Apple 44 Noite e luar Night and Moonlight 45 O apanhador de ostras de Wellfleet The Wellfleet Oysterman 46 O farol de Highland The Highland Light 47 Um ianque no Canadá: De Concord a Montreal A Yankee in Canada: Concord to Montreal 48 Um ianque no Canadá: Quebeque e Montmorency A Yankee in Canada: Quebec and Montmorenci 49 Um ianque no Canadá: Santa Ana A Yankee in Canada: St. Anne 50 Um ianque no Canadá: As muralhas de Quebeque A Yankee in Canada: The Walls of Quebec 51 Um ianque no Canadá: A paisagem de Quebeque; e o rio São Lourenço A Yankee in Canada: The Scenery of Quebec; and the River St. Lawrence