Published in 1881, this volume of the English Men of Letters series was written by a man who had been both friend and editor to Thomas De Quincey. As such, it is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the life of one of Victorian England’s most unusual writers, the author of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821).
About the author
David Masson (1822-1907) was a Scottish writer and early advocate of higher education for women. He was personally acquainted with such literary luminaries as De Quincey, Thomas Carlyle, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. He is best known for his six-volume biography of Milton, Life of Milton in Connexion with the History of His Own Time.
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