
Finding Happiness
Zachary Seager(Author)
Zachary Seager(Editor)
Macmillan Collector's Library (Publisher)
Published on 3. April 2025
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-0350-4571-6 (ISBN)
Description
The search for happiness is without a doubt one of our greatest preoccupations. In this volume of inspiring essays, letters and anecdotes, classic writers and philosophers from ancient times to the early twentieth century ask what it means to be happy.
Whilst Epicurus sets out his principles for happiness, Ralph Waldo Emerson explains how friendship contributes to a happy state, and Jerome K. Jerome suggests with characteristic wit that we eat, drink and be merry. Rose Macaulay praises the joys of quiet hours reading in bed, and George Eliot suggests that with age and experience comes true happiness. More relevant than ever are Bertrand Russell's exploration of technology interfering with emotion and Henry Van Dyke's ode to finding our spiritual wealth.
Combining self-help, erudition, and healing wisdom, this is a book to treasure and to guide you through life. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.
Whilst Epicurus sets out his principles for happiness, Ralph Waldo Emerson explains how friendship contributes to a happy state, and Jerome K. Jerome suggests with characteristic wit that we eat, drink and be merry. Rose Macaulay praises the joys of quiet hours reading in bed, and George Eliot suggests that with age and experience comes true happiness. More relevant than ever are Bertrand Russell's exploration of technology interfering with emotion and Henry Van Dyke's ode to finding our spiritual wealth.
Combining self-help, erudition, and healing wisdom, this is a book to treasure and to guide you through life. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 155 mm
Width: 96 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
144 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0350-4571-6 (9781035045716)
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E-Book
04/2025
Macmillan Collector's Library
€6.99
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Persons
Zachary Seager is a writer based in Paris. He is the editor of the anthologies and short story collections Paris: A Literary Anthology, The Art of Solitude, Sleepily Ever After and Our Place in Nature, all published by Macmillan Collector's Library.