{"product_id":"the-vice-of-reading-edith-wharton","title":"The Vice of Reading -  Edith Wharton","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"authors\"\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\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, \u003cem\u003eThe Vice of Reading \u003c\/em\u003eis also a celebration of the voracious and amoral consumption that marks out the very best readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"authors\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003eEris Gems\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 8 pages\u003cbr\u003eISBN  9781912475773\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eris Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68345219383531,"sku":"9781912475773","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0508\/1061\/files\/9781912475773.avif?v=1793654254","url":"https:\/\/store.hammer.ucla.edu\/products\/the-vice-of-reading-edith-wharton","provider":"Hammer Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}