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Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Collins Classics)
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Collins Classics)
Contributors:
By (Author) Thomas De Quincey
Series:
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:
HarperPress
Publication Date:
19th October 2012
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
828.809
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
160
Dimensions:
Width 111mm, Height 178mm, Spine 10mm
Weight:
90g
Description
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I here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life . . .
The Confessions of an English Opium Eater is both a classic of the English autobiographical genre and a hard-nosed study of the effects of drugs on an artistic mind. A close associate of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the brilliant but troubled de Quincey recounts both the pleasures and pain of opium addiction in captivating prose. The result is by turns enlightened, nightmarish and witty a faithful mirror of the drug itself.
Author Bio
Thomas De Quincey (17851859) was an English essayist. His most famous work, which was also his first major work, the autobiographical Confessions of an English Opium Eater, was published anonymously in the London Magazine in 1821 and first appeared in book form in 1822.
