Confessions of an English Opium-Eater & Other Writings

by Thomas de Quincey · 1821

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This selection of De Quincey's writings includes the title piece—his most famous work—as well as "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth," "The English Mail-Coach," and the Suspiria de Profundis.

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gothicgothicMore like thisLess of this
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VictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 296 pages
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