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The Pleasures & Sorrows of Work (First Year Read, 2022)

A guide to the 2022 First Year Read Program pick, The Pleasures & Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton (2009).

Train Commute Photo“The train moves off, resuming its rhythmical clicking along tracks laid down a century and a half ago, when the capital first began plucking workers from their beds in faraway villages whose outlying farms had once marked the boundaries of their inhabitants’ known world.” (2009, p. 235)

Image: "Train Commute Photo" by Justin Hamilton, CC0 1.0 (public domain)
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Doing Work at Stevens

Your time at Stevens will be informed by a wide range of working people:

  • The faculty experts teaching you skills and knowledge needed for your field
  • Advisors helping you figure out your course plans
  • Dining services workers keeping you fed
  • Student workers serving many purposes
  • Library staff helping you find the resources you need to do your work 👋

And many, many more!

Books About Working

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