Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Confessions of an English Opium Eater

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Author: De Quincey, Thomas
ISBN: 9780140439014
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2003
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback

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"Thou has the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium!" Determined to counter the lies about opium that had been told by travellers to the Orient and the medical profession, De Quincey describes his addiction, the consciousness alteringproperties of the drug, its pleasures and its pains.

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