# The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

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- Book: [The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-de-botton/the-pleasures-and-sorrows-of-work) ([The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-de-botton/the-pleasures-and-sorrows-of-work.md))
- Authors: [Alain de Botton](https://www.bookquiver.com/alain-de-botton)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0727-725-1
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2010-06-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

We spend most of our waking lives at work—in occupations most often chosen by our inexperienced younger selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what our jobs mean to us. The...