Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey

Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Thomas De Quincey

128 pages first pub 1821 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics memoir reflective slow-paced
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Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey's legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-e...

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