Confessions of an English opium-eater and other writings
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-18592008
Books, Manuscripts
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 altering properties of the drugs, its pleasures and its pains.
Main title:
Confessions of an English opium-eater and other writings / Thomas de Quincey.
Edition:
New ed. / edited with an introduction by Grevel Lindop.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Collation:
304 p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This ed. originally published: 1985.
ISBN:
9780199537938 (pbk)
Dewey class:
828.809828.809DEQ
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1879741