How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer by Sarah Bakewell

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer

Sarah Bakewell

387 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Brilliant, original, funny and moving — a vivid portrait of Montaigne, showing how his ideas gave birth to our modern sense of our inner selves, from Shakespeare's plays to the dilemmas we face today.How to get on well with people, how to deal wit...

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Moods

informative 88%
reflective 73%
inspiring 52%
lighthearted 26%
hopeful 23%
funny 20%
challenging 14%
adventurous 8%
emotional 8%
relaxing 5%

Pace

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slow 32%
fast 5%

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