title: Seven Deadly Sins: Common Reader Edition
author: Angus Wilson
description: In 1962, Ian Fleming, as a member of the editorial board of the London Sunday Times, thought it would be entertaining to ask a handful of Britain's top writers to pen essays on the seven deadly sins. He tapped W.H. Auden, Cyril Connolly, Patrick Leigh-Fermer, Edith Sitwell, Christopher Sykes, Evelyn Waugh, and Angus Wilson to contribute their thoughts on anger, covetousness, gluttony, pride, lust, sloth, and envy, respectively. Some approached the assignment with the utmost seriousness, others with humor. Regardless of tack, the result was very readable. This edition contains a new afterword by Alain de Botton. <br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: > > **DEADLY SINS**
  
  > ALANA ALBERTSON
  
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  **Deadly Sins**
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Alana Albertson
  
  Cover Photo: Lindee Robinson
  
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  Cover Design: Aria Tan
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Alana Albertson
  
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   _This book is dedicated to my fans._
  
  > > Some will rise by **sin** , and some by virtue fall.
  
  > > > > > WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
  
  >  **CONTENTS**
  
  >  _Author’s Note_
  
  >  _Also by Alana Albertson_
  
  >  _Acknowledgments_
  
  >  _Deadly Sins_
  
  > 1\. _Mia_
  
  > 2\. _Grant_
  
  > 3\. _Mia_
  
  > 4\. _Mia_
  
  > 5\. _Mia_
  
  > 6\. _Mia_
  
  > 7\. _Ksenya_
  
  > 8\. _Ksenya_
  
  > 9\. _Grant_
  
  > 10\. _Ksenya_
  
  > 11\. _Grant_
  
  > 12\. _Ksenya_
  
  > 13\. _Grant_
  
  > 14\. _Ksenya_
  
  > 15\. _K