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The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
North Books
Publication date
January 1, 2003
Pages
150
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781582872285
ISBN-10
1582872287
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
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Original list price
$25.00
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Summaries and Reviews
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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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