The English Opium Eater (1948)

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The English Opium Eater (1948)
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The English Opium Eater (1948)

Thomas de Quincey
Edition year 1948
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Blair Hughes-Stanton
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 220
Dimensions 22.2 × 14.1 cm

Edition details

The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey. 10 wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Bound in black cloth blocked with a gilt design. White dust-jacket printed in red and black. 220pp. 22.2x14.1cm.

About the book

Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an autobiographical account of his experiences with opium. De Quincey describes both the pleasure and the terrifying psychological effects of the drug, including elaborate dreams and nightmares. The work combines memoir, literary style and psychological observation and became one of the most influential accounts of addiction in English literature.

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