{"_id":"67b97b24db3e9c4947f7b0be","title":"Everybody Was Very Nice","author":"Stephen Vincent Benét","code":"everybody-was-very-nice","publish_year":1937,"publish_source":"Thirteen o’clock, Stories of Several Worlds","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/thirteenoclock0000unse_r5h1/page/22/mode/2up","words":7835,"image":"letter.jpg","image_alt":"An envelope with a wax stamp. Graphite filter","genres":["literary"],"description":"In a letter to an old school friend, a man details his conflicted feelings about his own divorce and the general loosening of marriage laws and expectations in society.","blurb":"In fact, we’re all awfully nice—just as nice and polite as we can be. And sometimes I get to wondering if it mightn’t be a good idea if somebody started throwing fits and shooting rockets, instead. Of course I don’t really mean that.","rating":4,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}