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The conquest of happiness

by Bertrand Russell (1872–1970)

18 chapters, about 57,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE 200 words
2. WHAT MAKES PEOPLE UNHAPPY? 2,900 words
3. BYRONIC UNHAPPINESS 4,300 words
4. COMPETITION 3,000 words
5. BOREDOM AND EXCITEMENT 2,900 words
6. FATIGUE 3,400 words
7. ENVY 3,200 words
8. THE SENSE OF SIN 3,800 words
9. PERSECUTION MANIA 3,600 words
10. FEAR OF PUBLIC OPINION 3,200 words
11. IS HAPPINESS STILL POSSIBLE? 3,600 words
12. ZEST 4,300 words
13. AFFECTION 2,700 words
14. THE FAMILY 5,500 words
15. WORK 2,700 words
16. IMPERSONAL INTERESTS 2,700 words
17. EFFORT AND RESIGNATION 2,700 words
18. THE HAPPY MAN 1,900 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Ancestor worship
• Boredom
• Envy
• Happiness
• Hygiene
• Insanity
• Narcissism
• Rationality
• Resignation
• Vitality

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