Series ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The Pursuit of Happiness
Jeffrey Rosen · 2024
🎙 Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins
86/100
👍 Worth It
Rosen makes a compelling scholarly case that the Founders meant lifelong virtue, not pleasure-chasing, when they wrote 'pursuit of happiness,' and historians like Gordon Wood have called it the best readable introduction to their thinking. It's dense in spots but genuinely rewarding for anyone curious about American civic history. Sean Patrick Hopkins is an Audie-winning narrator, though no reviews specifically covered this particular performance.
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Faith & family safety90
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Originality80
Evidence & accuracy85
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Age-fit90
Human-eye read85
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