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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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9785212322911 |
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| Publisher: | Heffner Publishing |
| Publication date: | 01/13/2022 |
| Pages: | 44 |
| Sales rank: | 513,784 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.09(d) |
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