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352 pages • first pub 1821 (editions)
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Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Confessions is a remarkable account of the pleasures and pains of worshipping at the 'Church of Opium'. Thomas De Quincey consumed daily large quantities of laudanum (at the time a legal painkiller), and this autobiography of addiction hauntingly ...
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informative 53%
dark 43%
challenging 34%
emotional 23%
sad 14%
adventurous 10%
funny 7%
mysterious 6%
tense 4%
hopeful 3%
inspiring 1%
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medium 40%
fast 9%
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Drug abuse, Drug use, AddictionModerate
Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , ConfinementMinor
Racism
352 pages • first pub 1821 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Confessions is a remarkable account of the pleasures and pains of worshipping at the 'Church of Opium'. Thomas De Quincey consumed daily large quantities of laudanum (at the time a legal painkiller), and this autobiography of addiction hauntingly ...
Community Reviews Summary of 993 reviews
Moods
informative 53%
dark 43%
challenging 34%
emotional 23%
sad 14%
adventurous 10%
funny 7%
mysterious 6%
tense 4%
hopeful 3%
inspiring 1%
Pace
medium 40%
fast 9%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Drug abuse, Drug use, AddictionModerate
Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , ConfinementMinor
Racism