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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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An autobiographical account of the author's addiction to opium, describing the pleasures and torments of the drug and its effects on his mind and dreams. Suitable for readers interested in Romantic-era literature, addiction narratives, and personal memoir.
Thomas De Quincey
Thomas Penson De Quincey was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the Western world.
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