Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read confessions of an english opium eater. Though apparently presenting the reader with a collage of poignant memories, temporal digressions and random anecdotes, the confessions is a work of immense sophistication and certainly one of the most impressive and influential of all. First published anonymously in september and october 1821 in the london magazine, the confessions was released in book form in 1822, and again in 1856, in an. He is best known for his confessions of an english opium eater, an insightful autobiographical account of his addiction to opium. Confessions of an english opium eater summary supersummary. From 1828 until his death he lived in edinburgh and made his living from journalism. The next section is the joys of occasional, recreational opium. His complex syntax is immediately noticed, and although it often becomes unnecessarily lengthy and.
Jan 09, 2019 confessions of an english opium eater. Confessions of an english opiumeater ebook epubpdfprc. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The first half of the book provides some autobiographical material and the second half describes his. The following year it appeared as a novel and has been regularly reprinted ever since. At the age of 17 he ran away to wales and then lived incognito in london 180203. Reader, who have thus far accompanied me, i must request your attention to a brief explanatory note on three points. It influenced not just generations of narcoticized writers but even medical opinion on the effects of opium for. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free. Confessions of an english opium eater audiobook by. The greatgreatgranddaddy of every whiney, selfpitying addiction book written in the western world. True to form, the first half of the book is the story of his childhood and youth, which makes him the victim. Explosive and unforgiving, confessions of an english opium eater describes in searing detail the pleasure, pain and mindexpanding powers of opium.
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