Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
by Thomas De Quincey
“The original trip into the heart of addiction and the heights of human imagination.”
Step into the hallucinatory world of Thomas De Quincey as he recounts his descent into a life-altering addiction amidst the shadows of 19th-century London. This pioneering memoir blends poetic prose with harrowing honesty to reveal the haunting link between creative genius and the 'pains of opium.'
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