“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.
Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.
- Price: $8.00
- Pages: 26
- Carton Quantity: 150
- Publisher: ERIS
- Imprint: ERIS
- Series: ERIS gems
- Publication Date: 1st August 2022
- Trim Size: 4.33 x 7.87 in
- ISBN: 9781912475773
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
“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.
Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.
- Price: $8.00
- Pages: 26
- Carton Quantity: 150
- Publisher: ERIS
- Imprint: ERIS
- Series: ERIS gems
- Publication Date: 1st August 2022
- Trim Size: 4.33 x 7.87 in
- ISBN: 9781912475773
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays