by Edith Wharton · JOSE J. OLA?ETA EDITOR · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788497166843
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«El vicio de la lectura» is the essay by Edith Wharton published by José J. de Olañeta Editor in paperback, with 48 pages, in Spanish.
In this brief essay, Edith Wharton reflects on the habit of reading and describes the mechanical reader, incapable of distinguishing the valuable from the trivial. The author argues that a book's value depends on the writer's vision rather than its episodes, and warns of the risks of thoughtless reading for literature.
It belongs to the Centellas collection, number 10. Its original title, «The Vice of Reading», was published in 1903.
For essay readers and followers of Edith Wharton, interested in reflection on books, the habit of reading, and literary criticism.
Edith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of upper-class New York society to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
