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Varieties of Melancholy

Hardcover • 2021 • English

Varieties of Melancholy: A hopeful guide to our sombre moods

By The School of Life

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About the book

This is a book that celebrates the most neglected but valuable emotion we can feel: melancholy. Melancholy isn’t depression or anger or bitterness, it’s a serene, accepting, gentle, wise and kindly response to the difficulties and occasional misery of being alive. It steers an ideal mid-way course between despair on the one hand and naïve optimism on the other. But melancholy is a well-kept secret. Those who feel the pull of melancholy moods tend to stay quiet about their tastes. We don’t often ...Show more

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ISBN

9781912891603

Publisher

School of Life Press

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

Varieties of Melancholy

Format

Hardcover

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