Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: And Other Writings by Thomas De Quincey

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: And Other Writings

Thomas De Quincey

nonfiction biography classics memoir reflective slow-paced

352 pages | first published 1821

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The first literary addiction memoir, featuring the autobiographical Suspiria de Profundis, the inspiration for the 2018 horror film Suspiria, starring Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton and directed by Luca Guadagnino In this remarkable autobiograph...
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