Thomas De Quincey
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater [EPUB ebook]
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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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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 102 ● ISBN 9781775414629 ● Publisher The Floating Press ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2415022 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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