Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Paperback)

The original drug memoir--a true 19th-century account of the pleasures and pains of addiction
Once upon a time, opium, the main ingredient in heroin, was easily available over the chemist's counter. The secret of happiness, about which philosophers have disputed for so many ages, could be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket--portable ecstasies could be corked up in a pint bottle.""Paradise? So thought Thomas de Quincey, but he soon discovered that "nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium."

General

Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2013
First published:	February 2013
Authors:	Thomas De Quincey
Introduction by:	Howard Marks
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	127
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-952859-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Biography > Literary
LSN:	0-09-952859-2
Barcode:	9780099528593

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