01889nam a22003257i 4500 176252 176252 OSt 20200130125107.0 200130t18212019enk g 000 0 eng d 9781847497635 RM47.90 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 828.809 828.809 DEQ G De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859, author. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater / Thomas De Quincey Surrey, United kingdom : ALAM BOOKS LTD, 2019 ©1821 153 pages : 20 cm rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Bibliography pages : 153 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater -- Extra Material. In an examination of his laudanum addiction and the dreams and visions the drug engendered, Thomas De Quincey lays bare the celestial pleasures and infernal lows of an existence dependent on “subtle and mighty opium”. At once moving and rhapsodic, and suffused with a poetic and lyrical beauty, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater hauntingly evokes frightful scenes and phantasmagorical night-time wanderings, while reality, dream and memory blur and intertwine in a nebulous and protean haze. Published anonymously in The London Magazine, the Confessions were an immediate success, and soon speculation was rife as to the identity of the mysterious Opium-Eater. The work, which introduced the literary world to De Quincey's unique “impassioned prose”, is now widely deemed to be De Quincey's masterpiece. De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. Drug addicts Biography Great Britain Authors, English Biography 19th century Opium abuse History England 19th century Autobiographies ddc B 0 0 PPAK G 2020-03-15 1 828.809 DEQ A01635045 2025-09-29 15:19:50 2025-09-24 B 0 0 SP G 2020-03-15 1 828.809 DEQ A01635046 2021-01-13 00:00:00 2020-12-20 B 0 0 LW G 2020-03-15 1 828.809 DEQ A01635047 2024-10-02 12:57:31 2024-10-01 B