Confessions of an English Opium Eater: Being an Extract from the Life of a Scholar

by Thomas de Quincey

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum(opium and alcohol) addiction and its effect on his life. The Confessions was the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight... First published anonymously in September and October 1821 in the London Magazine, the Confessions was released in book form in 1822, and again in 1856, in an edition revised by De Quincey. The Book was an influence to William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch:

Kindle Edition

Published January 17, 2014

About the author

Thomas de Quincey was an English author and intellectual, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821).
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Reviews

[Finn Peeling]

Not as descriptively intense as I expected but certainly informative about both the pleasurable and dangerous possibilities of opium, very interesting and still very compelling.

[Trevor Darley]

It's pretty cool to see such an early example of addiction!

[Laura]

This man was very impressed with himself.

[Michelle Chien]

Read this for class, but it still bored me out of my mind.