Confessions of an English Opium-Eater |
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Author:
| de Quincey, Thomas |
Introductions and notes by:
| Ellis, David |
Series title: | Classics Library |
ISBN: | 978-1-85326-096-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1994 |
Publisher: | Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $4.99 |
Book Description:
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A work, published in 1821, in which the author describes a number of experiences during his boyhood which he implies laid the foundations for his later life of helpless drug addiction. Full of psychological insight and descriptive writing, it consists of his remarkable account of the pleasures and pains of opium.
A work, published in 1821, in which the author describes a number of experiences during his boyhood which he implies laid the foundations for his later life of helpless drug addiction. Full of psychological insight and descriptive writing, it consists of his remarkable account of the pleasures and pains of opium.