The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Everyman's Library 223)
by Thomas de Quincey (introduction by John E. Jordan)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD
- Seller
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Aurora, Ontario, Canada
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Synopsis
Confessions of an English Opium-eater is an autobiographical account written by Thomas de Quincey about his addiction to laudanum - a combination of opium and alcohol - and its effects. He first had it published anonymously in the London Magazine in 1821, but it was released as a book the following year.
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- Bookseller
- Irolita Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11919
- Title
- The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Everyman's Library 223)
- Author
- Thomas de Quincey (introduction by John E. Jordan)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent & Sons / E.P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 272
- Size
- 19 cm.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Fiction; Biographies & Memoirs;
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