![The Pessimists Archive™ bookmark: 'Is Novel Reading A Disease?' (1915)](http://products.pessimistsarchive.org/cdn/shop/products/696b014ab8aa14bc44816bf1cda02500_{width}x.jpg?v=1693241043)
The Pessimists Archive™ bookmark features a newspaper clipping from a 1915 issue of The Boston Sunday Globe, the peice asks a popular question at the time: is novel reading an afflication. Like screen use today, consuming written fiction was seen as a compulsive waste of time that planted bad ideas in the minds of the young.
.: Aluminum base and white front side
.: Features a slot at the top to hold a book's page
.: The ideal gift for an avid reader