These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is considered to be the first published autobiography to explore the lure and effects of addiction.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. Thrust into a disorientating world of extreme euphoria and vivid nightmares, De Quincey's life story is both unpredictable and deeply personal. The death of de Quinceys older sister when he was seven years old shaped his life through the grief and sadness that forced. He is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater, an insightful autobiographical account of his addiction to opium. Explosive and unforgiving, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater describes in searing detail the pleasure, pain and mind-expanding powers of opium.Thomas De Quincey takes us on a journey from his grammar school childhood to his homeless adolescence in Wales, from befriending prostitutes during his nocturnal wanderings in London to enrolling at Oxford University only to drop out when his drug use overcomes him. Thomas de Quincey, born in 1785, was an English novelist, essayist, and literary critic. A powerful nineteenth-century autobiography tracing Thomas De Quincey's journey of addiction, introduced by biographer, critic and academic Dr Frances Wilson.
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