Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey

Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Thomas De Quincey

3 hours, 32 minutes first pub 1821 (editions) user-added

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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reflective 65%
informative 53%
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emotional 25%
sad 15%
adventurous 10%
funny 10%
mysterious 6%
tense 6%
hopeful 4%
inspiring 3%
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