Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Thomas De Quincey

160 pages first pub 1821 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics memoir reflective slow-paced
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In an examination of his laudanum addiction and the dreams and visions the drug engendered, Thomas De Quincey lays bare the celestial pleasures and infernal lows of an existence dependent on "subtle and mighty opium". At once moving and rhapsodic,...

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