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Sinopsis
Read how a lifelong love of novels shapes memory, identity, and everyday life.
This collection blends personal memoir with literary insight to show why stories stay with us.
The author writes as a thoughtful observer who treats reading as a living influence on who we become. Through personal reflection and accessible observations, the book ties memory, mood, and daily routines to the novels we cherish. It invites readers to consider how fiction molds our choices, relationships, and sense of self without claiming to have all the answers.
Within these pages you’ll encounter reflections on why certain books endure, how literature companions us through ordinary days, and what reading can reveal about our values, desires, and past. It’s a thoughtful, inviting look at the intimate bond between a reader and the books that shape a life.
- Personal reflections on how novels influence memory and identity.
- Accessible insights that connect literature to everyday life.
- Thoughtful ruminations on reading habits, memory, and meaning.
- A memoir‑tone exploration that honors the power of stories.
Ideal for readers who view books as life companions and want a reflective, approachable take on how literature travels with us.
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Excerpt from Delicious Vice: Pipe Dreams and Fond Adventures of an Habitual Novel-Reader Among Some Great Books and Their People
And so, sighing to the uttermost ends of the earth, the old novel-reader will confess that he wishes he hadn't. Had not read all those novels that tr00p through his memory. Because, if he hadn't - and it is the impossibility of the alternative that chills his soul with the despair of cruel realization - if he hadn't, you see, he could begin at the very first, right then and there, and read the whole blessed business through for the first time. For the first time, mark you! Is there anywhere in this great round world a novel reader of true genius who would not do that with the joy of a child and the thankfulness of a sage?
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from Delicious Vice: Pipe Dreams and Fond Adventures of an Habitual Novel-Reader Among Some Great Books and Their People
It must have been at about the good-bye age of forty that Thomas Moore, that choleric and pompous yet genial little Irish gentleman, turned a sigh into good marketable "copy" for Grub Street and with shrewd economy got two full pecuniary bites out of one melancholy apple of reflection:
"Kind friends around me fall
Like leaves in wintry weather,"
- he sang of his own dead heart in the stilly night.
"Thus kindly I scatter thy leaves on the bed
Where thy mates of the garden lie scentless and dead."
- he sang to the dying rose. In the red month of October the rose is forty years old, as roses go. How small the world has grown to a man of forty, if he has put his eyes, his ears and his brain to the uses for which they are adapted. And as for time - why, it is no longer than a kite string. At about the age of forty everything that can happen to a man, death excepted, has happened; happiness has gone to the devil or is a mere habit; the blessing of poverty has been permanently secured or you are exhausted with the cares of wealth; you can see around the corner or you do not care to see around it; in a word - that is, considering mental existence - the bell has rung on you and you are up against a steady grind for the remainder of your life.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book delves deep into the delightful world of novel reading. The author shares a spirited love of books, reminiscing about the transformative power of their first novel, the unforgettable characters that stayed with them, and the emotional roller coasters they navigate through the pages. Throughout the book, the author examines the unique ability of novels to transport readers to different worlds, explore complex characters and themes, and ultimately provide deep personal meaning. This book offers a passionate celebration of the power of fiction, inviting readers to rediscover the joy and fulfillment found in losing themselves in a good book. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781331059615_0
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