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The Pleasures of Life

Author
John Lubbock
Read by
Victoria Styles
Language
English
Length
6 hours
ISBN
9781802564785
Published
3 April 2025
Imprint
Adelphi Press
  • Health
  • Happiness
  • hygiene
  • Holistic
  • Healing
  • Good life
  • Pleasure
  • Food
  • Art
  • Entertainment

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Description

Lubbock on books, friendship, nature, work, and the small habits that make a day worth living. Clear Victorian counsel without fluff. Spoken as practical company when you want pleasure treated as something you can practise.

Author

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834–1913), was an English banker, politician, and polymath who coined the terms 'Palaeolithic' and 'Neolithic.' A neighbour and protégé of Charles Darwin, Lubbock advanced archaeology, entomology, and botany while championing bank holidays and public libraries. His popular book The Pleasures of Life urged readers to cultivate learning, reflection, and the habit of happiness.

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