Dover Thrift Editions: Biography/Autobiography: Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Paperback)

from P_S_Patrick

This is the autobiography of Thomas de Quincey, a 19th century intellectual who indulged in opium use for a large proportion of his life. The book only gets onto the opium after half way through, and spends a while detailing his childhood and younger years. Smaller sections toward the end give ac...

from wonderperson

A good attempt to write an honest account of what it is like to live as a Male Lifelong Opium Eater; that is in drops of Red Poison Tincture gotten from the Chemist, whose first use was to relieve the pain of toothache. Da Quincey is less inclined to open his heart as to the negative effects of O...

from jonpgorman

i found this book to be very dry and difficult to get through

from Juva

This is what memoirs were like when people still valued privacy and human dignity: In a word, boring. Primed by many modern drug-fueled memoirs, I picked up this book with pleasurable anticipation. It's just so... drrrrryyyyy. The author basically started doing opium for fun, but later he had som...

from William345

3.5 stars. One can see why Confessions was such a favorite among the drug-addled youngsters of the 60s and 70s. The title is catchy but--surprise!--its not primarily a book about drug experiences, only the last 20 or so pages plumb that. It's about suffering, homelessness, and penury. There were ...