Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, by Thomas De Quincey
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Transcribed from the 1886 George Routledge and Sons edition—first edition (London Magazine) text, by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER: BEING AN EXTRACT FROM THE LIFE OF A SCHOLAR.
From the “London Magazine” for September 1821.
TO THE READER
I here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life: according to my application of it, I trust that it will prove not merely an interesting record, but in a considerable degree useful and instructive. In that hope it is that I have drawn it up; and that must be my apology for breaking through that delicate and honourable reserve which, for the most part, restrains us from the public exposure of our own errors and infirmities. Nothing, indeed, is more revolting to English feelings than the ...