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Title details for Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey - Available

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

by Thomas de Quincey
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You won't be able to put down this gripping first-hand account of opium addiction that shocked England after its initial publication in 1821. Thomas De Quincy was a renowned author and intellectual who fell prey to a laudanum addiction as a young man, and who later recounted his experiences in excruciating detail in a series of anonymously published magazine serials. This important early work provides a fascinating glimpse into the processes of drug addiction.

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Publisher: Duke Classics

Kindle Book

  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9781620113318
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781620113318
  • File size: 248 KB
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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Kindle Book
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EPUB ebook

subjects

Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1280
Text Difficulty:10-12

You won't be able to put down this gripping first-hand account of opium addiction that shocked England after its initial publication in 1821. Thomas De Quincy was a renowned author and intellectual who fell prey to a laudanum addiction as a young man, and who later recounted his experiences in excruciating detail in a series of anonymously published magazine serials. This important early work provides a fascinating glimpse into the processes of drug addiction.

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Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction