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CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER
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Thomas De Quincey |
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ISBN 10: |
0099528592 |
ISBN 13: |
9780099528593 |
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VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
3 January, 2013 |
Pages: |
144 |
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Once upon a time, opium was easily available over 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 waistcoat pocket. Paradise! So thought, the author, but he soon discovered that 'nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium'. |
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD MARKS. Once upon a time, opium (the main ingredient of 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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UK |
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Vintage Classics |
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