The cover page is adapted from Champ de Coquelicots: Environs de Giverny, a painting completed in 1885 by Claude Monet. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monetwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Chapitres (3)
- To the Reader 0:00
- Preliminary Confessions 9:19
- Part II 1:32:36
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Thomas De Quincey spent much of his life addicted to the powerful drug opium. This book, first published anonymously in the London Magazine, is the autobiographical account of his addiction. De Quincey’s compelling language and frankness give the reader a window in to both the strange pleasures and the horrible pains of that famous drug.
As the science of addiction was an unheard of thing at the time, De Quincey’s account became a sort of authoritative reference for decades, with people going so far as to denounce the book for presenting too pleasurable a picture of opium use. His work stands as a fascinating window into the life of a Georgian-era addict in one of the busiest cities in the world.