{"product_id":"the-vice-of-reading-9781912475773","title":"The Vice of Reading","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"No vices are so hard to eradicate as those which are popularly regarded as virtues. Among these the vice of reading is foremost.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Vice of Reading\u003c\/i\u003e is also a celebration of the voracious and amoral consumption that marks out the very best readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdith Wharton (1862-1937) is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists. Best known for \u003ci\u003eThe House of Mirth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Custom of the Country\u003c\/i\u003e, she was also an incisive cultural critic and memoirist.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911428083986,"sku":"9781912475773","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_86111841-309b-47e9-a258-80cab04edc97.jpg?v=1738740930","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-vice-of-reading-9781912475773","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}