Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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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."
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."
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Paperback, 7th Edition
ISBN13: 9780099528593
Random House, India, 2013
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