The Vice of Reading

Author(s): Wharton, Edith,
Binding: Board Book,
Date of Publication: 01/08/2022,
Pagination: 26 pages,
Series: ERIS Gems,
Imprint: ERIS,
Published By: ERIS,
Book Classification: Literary essays,
Dimensions: 109 x 195 x 7
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781912475773

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“No vices are so hard to eradicate as those which are popularly regarded as virtues. Among these the vice of reading is foremost.”A great American novelist offers a scathing attack on the worst kinds of reading. Edith Wharton argues that the growing cultural influence of “mechanical” readers is having a disastrous impact on the world of letters. A subtly devastating work of social criticism, The Vice of Reading is also a celebration of the voracious and amoral consumption that marks out the very best readers.

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