Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas De Quincey
- First Published: 1821
- Type of Work: Essays
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: England and Wales
- Principal Characters: Thomas De Quincey, Ann
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Dreams, Substance abuse, England or English people, Drug addiction or addicts, Drugs, London, Romanticism, Wales or Welsh people
- Locales: England, Wales
The Story:
Intense stomach pains drove Thomas De Quincey, at age twenty-eight, to take opium daily for relief. He had begun taking opium almost ten years before. These stomach pains were a legacy from hardships that he endured as an adolescent. De Quincey’s father had died when the boy was seven. Thomas, the responsibility of four guardians, was sent to school, where he became an excellent Greek scholar. Later, at the Manchester Grammar School, he was so superior to his teachers in Greek that he soon felt a desire to leave the school. His guardians being against this plan,...
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