Confessions of an English Opium-Eatermacmillan_collector_s_library978-15-0989-979-197815098997912019-09-05English (United Kingdom)128HardcoverBook profileEnglish (United Kingdom)
Book · 5 editions
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- 2003
- first published
- English
- language
- 5
- edition in English
- 128
- pages
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'.
Editions
5 editions · sort: newestConfessions of an English Opium-Eatermacmillan_collector_s_library978-15-0989-979-197815098997912019-09-05English (United Kingdom)128Hardcover
Confessions Of An English Opium-Eaterbbc_digital_audioread by Oliver Cotton, James Nickerson978-14-7134-534-097814713453402013-05-01English (United Kingdom)—Audiobook · 56 min
Confessions of an English Opium-Eatervintage_classics978-00-9952-859-397800995285932013-01-03English (United Kingdom)144Softcover
Confessions of an English Opium Eaterpenguin_classics978-01-4043-901-497801404390142003-03-27English (United Kingdom)352Softcover
Confessions of an English Opium EaterPenguin978-01-4190-570-997801419057092003-03-27English (United Kingdom)—E-book