Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) Tapa blanda - 1999

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Ware, Hertfordshire, England: Wordsworth Editions. Very Good+. 1994. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. Cover artwork The Death of Chatterton 1856 by Henry Wallis. ; 288 pages; Recounts the author's early life and own experiences of opium addiction at a time when the drug was widely used for the relief of pain and before its addictive properties were understood. Vividly portraying the marvels of opium induced dreams and the nightmares which are their counterpoint. .

Wordsworth Editions Ltd. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Taylor & Francis Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Wordsworth Editions Ltd. New. Wordsworth Press, Paperback, 1999, Book Condition: New, In the first part of this famous work, published in 1821 but then revised and expanded in 1856, De Quincey vividly describes a number of experiences during his boyhood which he implies laid the foundations for his later life of helpless drug addiction. The second part consists of his remarkable account of the pleasures and pains of opium, ostensibly offered as a muted apology for the course his life had taken but often reading like a celebration of it. The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is thus both a classic of English autobiographical writing the prose equivalent, in its own time, of Wordsworths The Prelude or Growth of a Poets Mind and at the same time a crucial text in the long history of the Western Worlds ambivalent relationship with hard drugs. Full of psychological insight and colourful descriptive writing, it surprised and fascinated De Quinceys contemporaries and has continued to exert its powerful… Leer más

Wordsworth Editions, 1994. Book. Very Good. Soft cover.

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1999-12-05. Paperback. Good.

Wordsworth Editions Ltd. , pp. 224 . Papeback. New.