The conquest of happiness

by Bertrand Russell

EN·~5 hours·20 chapters

Chapters

20 total

THE CONQUEST OF HAPPINESS

1:06

PREFACE

1:30

CHAPTER I WHAT MAKES PEOPLE UNHAPPY?

17:07

CHAPTER II BYRONIC UNHAPPINESS

26:35

CHAPTER III COMPETITION

17:11

CHAPTER IV BOREDOM AND EXCITEMENT

17:26

CHAPTER V FATIGUE

20:12

CHAPTER VI ENVY

18:50

CHAPTER VII THE SENSE OF SIN

22:33

CHAPTER VIII PERSECUTION MANIA

21:39

Details

Language

Duration

~5 hours (331K characters)

Release date

2026-02-09

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77894

Subjects

Happiness BJ

About the author

Bertrand Russell

1872–1970

A brilliant and restless mind helped reshape modern philosophy while also speaking out on war, freedom, and public life. His books move between logic and everyday questions with unusual clarity, which is part of why they still feel so alive.

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