Confessions
of an English Opium Eater Thomas De Quincey
De Quincey’s idiosyncratic autobiographical sketches of his early life, as well as specific thoughts and reminiscences of the pleasures and pains of opium use, in his case laudanum. I was assigned to read this book in high school, but I didn’t, so, since I have always been interested in it, I finally got to it. I never would have been able to get through his prose back then, it was work enough now. The section on the pains of opium use was the most tedious, all his weird dreams, etc., but I enjoyed the book somewhat, and I’m really glad I finally got it done.
De Quincey’s idiosyncratic autobiographical sketches of his early life, as well as specific thoughts and reminiscences of the pleasures and pains of opium use, in his case laudanum. I was assigned to read this book in high school, but I didn’t, so, since I have always been interested in it, I finally got to it. I never would have been able to get through his prose back then, it was work enough now. The section on the pains of opium use was the most tedious, all his weird dreams, etc., but I enjoyed the book somewhat, and I’m really glad I finally got it done.
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