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  • The Conquest of Happiness

  • Written by: Bertrand Russell
  • Narrated by: Chris Lutkin
  • Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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The Conquest of Happiness

Written by: Bertrand Russell
Narrated by: Chris Lutkin
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Publisher's Summary

This metaphysical self-help classic instills happiness within and urges individuals to pursue a content life without sin, boredom, or contempt. Written decades ago with post-war depression in mind, this text has transcended time and continues to give applicable advice for modern-day individuals.

Public Domain (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC

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Excellent book and good narrator

This book is a classic! The narrator’s voice and tone are excellent and fit well with the book.

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Excellent

Bertrand is a voice from the past that continues to be relevant today and O suspect far into the future.

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  • Mar
  • 2020-09-09

Narrator was horrible

Narrator was horrible, dull, robotic, unenthusiastic, lifeless, uninterested, mechanical, lifeles, it was slow and painful to hear him speak

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  • S.B.
  • 2020-06-29

Somewhat enlightening yet outdated

This book was a mixed bag for me. Russell seeks to lay out the various components which lead people to happiness. The entire book seems to be based purely on Russell’s observations rather than on any scientific findings. Even so, many of his points ring true even today, 90 years later. Yet at the same time, the book is definitely showing its age, and some of the points no longer hold true.

Narration was a little weird. It felt like the narrator was reading a bible, everything felt overly articulated with too many random breakpoints between words that interrupted the flow of certain sentences.

If you are familiar with Russell’s writings and don’t mind how the narration sounds in the sample—you will probably get some valuable, albeit somewhat outdated and anecdotal lessons from this book.

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  • karen borg
  • 2020-03-22

Best map to happiness

This may be the best book about human happiness I’ve ever read. I’d guess that 97% of his writing is timeless. Not bad for having been written in 1930 when the world for women and minorities was very different than today.

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  • Javier Quispe
  • 2022-02-23

very good listen

very fun audiobook full of very informative takes and harsh cold facts. was recommended but exceeded the expectations from it. definitely is a must have for a person looking for meaning and their OWN version of Happiness in this Life.

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  • J. Kinkley
  • 2023-03-17

Not Russell’s best work

While the premise of self absorption as a disease is interesting and has merit and there are a few scattered chestnuts throughout, this volume is overall a bit scattered and meandering and dates. It verges on armchair philosophy by being peppered with subjective assumptions about the happiness enjoyed by various professions.

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  • 𓀂𓀅𓀆𓀇
  • 2021-09-04

This Should Be Required Reading For Young People

I would consider this to be pretty much the definitive text on the sources of happiness and unhappiness in the modern era.

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  • M.Shamsia
  • 2020-12-26

incredible just incredible

Bertrand Russel the best man that I've had the privilege of reading his work ever.

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  • PT_Matt
  • 2020-09-23

Very thought provoking

To be honest you really have to sit and listen to this book. It's not one to have on in the background. The author gets very deep in his explanation so you at times have to really digest what he is saying.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2020-09-23

Amazingly relevant

I'm not able to follow all of his advice, but I'll happily try. It seems unbelievably prescient for a book written close to a hundred years ago.

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