Books V. Cigarettes by George Orwell
An extended essay that compares the supposed expense and accessibility of reading to the everyday habit of buying cigarettes, arguing that books are affordable and essential to a flourishing intellectual life; it rebuts common excuses for not reading, examines personal and social habits around money and leisure, and defends the democratic importance of literature and criticism for ordinary people.
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- Published
- 1946
- Nationality
- British
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- Original Language
- English
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