10 Books That Were Written In Prison
Don Quixote:
Don Quixote is another book written in the prison. It is a novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The novel follows the adventures of Alonso Quijano, a gentleman who reads so many chivalric novels, that he decides to set out to revive chivalry under the name of Don Quixote. Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, the book is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age.
Civil Disobedience:
Civil Disobedience is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. It was first published in 1849. Thoreau argues in this book that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or waste their consciences and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such consent to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his aversion to slavery and the Mexican–American War. Henry was no jailbird as he spent only one night in jail after saying no to shell out poll tax to the government. However, his one night in lock up did motivate him to pen down his classic thesis on civil disobedience.
