num_pages: 96
description: Avarice, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Sloth, and these are the subject of this entertaining collection of pithy pronouncements on sin and sinning. For hardened sinners and first-time offenders alike, here is a light-hearted compendium of memorable observations on the alarmingly seductive subject of sin. Gathering aphorisms, proverbs, bons mots, and humorous verse, as well as extracts from literature of all kinds, Steve Dobell runs the gamut of reactions and attitudes, from Jane Austen on Pride (``If you were sensible of your own good, you would not wish to quit the sphere in which you have been brought up.'') to Woody Allen on Lust (``Is sex dirty? Only if it's done right.''). Steve Lobell leads a relatively blameless life in southwest London. His acquaintance with sin, such as it is, stems from close links with the gritty underworld of the public library system. He is the author of Down the An Irreverent History of the Bath. 96 pp 5 x 7 8 line drawings
language: English
title: The Seven Deadly Sins: A Wicked Anthology of Wit and Wisdom
titlecomplete: The Seven Deadly Sins: A Wicked Anthology of Wit and Wisdom
genres: Humor
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Trafalgar Square