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Thomas De Quincey
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

by Thomas De Quincey

EN·~3 hours·8 chapters

Chapters

8 total

1

CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER: - BEING AN EXTRACT FROM THE LIFE OF A SCHOLAR. - by Thomas De Quincey

0:10

2

TO THE READER

8:14

3

PRELIMINARY CONFESSIONS

1:15:06

4

PART II

5:59

5

THE PLEASURES OF OPIUM

30:36

6

INTRODUCTION TO THE PAINS OF OPIUM

1:14:40

7

APPENDIX

19:33

8

FOOTNOTES

12:24

Collections

Gothic Fiction

56 titles

Biographies

1680 titles

British Literature

3700 titles

Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology

20 titles

Details

Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (217K characters)

Release date

2000-01-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2040

Subjects

Opium abuse -- England Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859 Drug addicts -- Great Britain -- Biography PR

About the author

Thomas De Quincey

1785–1859

Best known for turning addiction, dreams, and memory into unforgettable prose, this English essayist brought a dark, intensely personal voice to 19th-century literature. His most famous work, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, helped make him one of the era’s most distinctive nonfiction writers.