Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2005-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 202 Allison, Young Ewing 1853 1932 Allison, Young E. The Delicious Vice Reading ease score: 66.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Text file produced by Ted Garvin, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "The Delicious Vice" by Young Ewing Allison is a reflective novel written in the early 20th century. This work serves as both a celebration and critique of novel-reading, exploring the thoughts and experiences of habitual readers as they navigate their emotional landscapes linked to literature. The narrative delves into the deep connections between the reader and the vast array of characters and stories that have filled the reader's life, touching upon themes of nostalgia, regret, and the desire for new beginnings with familiar tales. The opening of the book establishes a profoundly introspective tone, as the author muses on the bittersweet nature of reflecting on a life filled with novels. The protagonist grapples with a sense of melancholy, particularly recalling the joy of reading beloved novels for the first time and the impossibility of reliving those experiences. This rhapsody extends to notable literary figures and the notion of the "novel-reader," whom the author distinguishes and idolizes throughout. The writing oscillates between whimsical reminiscence and earnest literary critique, setting the stage for a rich exploration of the impact of reading on identity and emotional experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Books and reading Fiction -- History and criticism PN Z Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 210781 210782 2024-10-04T08:23:40.106754 2023-10-04T07:53:04.109001 text/html text/html 214146 2021-02-26T00:11:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 79774 2021-02-26T00:11:49 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 153421 2024-10-04T08:23:47.183706 application/epub+zip 153868 2024-10-04T08:23:43.624801 application/epub+zip 144515 2024-10-04T08:23:42.111777 application/epub+zip 289179 2024-10-04T08:23:49.826665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273777 2024-10-04T08:23:46.311722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249103 2022-09-04T11:32:39.525241 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184209 184070 2024-10-04T08:23:39.614717 2023-10-04T07:53:03.713984 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 185112 2018-03-14T14:47:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 75710 2018-03-17T07:29:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 183999 2013-05-13T14:40:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 75537 2013-05-13T14:40:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 183990 2013-05-13T14:40:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 75517 2013-05-13T14:40:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23518 2024-10-04T08:23:49.952668 application/rdf+xml 13525 2024-10-04T08:23:42.784979 image/jpeg 3493 2024-10-04T08:23:42.463707 image/jpeg 150662 2024-10-04T08:23:40.125742 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia