Author: | Thomas De Quincey | ISBN: | 9781411439269 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | February 22, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
Author: | Thomas De Quincey |
ISBN: | 9781411439269 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Publication: | February 22, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
Language: | English |
An engrossing collection of autobiographical vignettes by Thomas De Quincey, whose 1821 account of his opium addiction garnered him enormous fame. His sickly childhood, education, wanderings around Britain, lifelong struggle with debt, and subsequent writing career are all recollected in De Quincey’s elegant prose.
An engrossing collection of autobiographical vignettes by Thomas De Quincey, whose 1821 account of his opium addiction garnered him enormous fame. His sickly childhood, education, wanderings around Britain, lifelong struggle with debt, and subsequent writing career are all recollected in De Quincey’s elegant prose.