Also books are really expensive nowadays (especially if you buy them new), so maybe this conclusion doesn’t align to what we are seeing today. In the end, he concludes that reading is one of the cheapest past times.Īlthough the argument may be dated, rather than cigarettes for the modern age, I would think it’s our busy lives and risk of being fake news across multiple media all the time that is dangerous nowadays. The title of the book is the first essay where he delves into the cost of spending on books versus spending on cigarettes and then argues the value of books, increasing intellectual curiosity and honesty – what was needed at the time. Cigarettes, a small book filled with some of his essays published from 1940 through to 1950 on various topics. I love all his books and I can’t help but feel that he was an empath writing about the human condition and the inequalities in society as well as making some predictions of the future which have somehow all become part of our reality nowadays.įor Christmas, when asked what I wanted for my gift, I gave my husband a long list of literature. Guess you could say he’s my literary crush.
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