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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey
“Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty Opium!” Though apparently presenting the reader with a collage of poignant memories, temporal digressions and random anecdotes, the Confessions is a work of immense sophistication and certainly one of the most impressive and influential of all autobiographies. The work is of great appeal to the contemporary reader, displaying a nervous (postmodern?) self-awareness, a spiralling obsession with the enigmas of its own composition and significance. De Quincey may be said to scrutinise his life, somewhat feverishly, in an effort to fix his...
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Episodes
01 – To the Reader 02.01.2026 12:55
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02 – ‘These preliminary confessions…’ 01.01.2026 20:49
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03 – ‘So blended and intertwisted…’ 31.12.2025 21:05
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04 – ‘Soon after this I contrived…’ 30.12.2025 27:20
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05 – ‘Soon after the period of the last…’ 29.12.2025 22:35
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06 – ‘I dally with my subject…’ 28.12.2025 16:04
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07 – ‘So then, Oxford Street…’ 27.12.2025 19:43
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08 – ‘And therefore, worthy doctors…’ 26.12.2025 15:30
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09 – ‘The late Duke of — used to…’ 25.12.2025 20:35
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10 – ‘Courteous, and I hope indulgent…’ 24.12.2025 18:03
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11 – ‘If any man, poor or rich…’ 23.12.2025 26:37
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12 – ‘As when some great painter…’ 22.12.2025 17:30
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13 – ‘I have thus described and illustrated…’ 21.12.2025 15:47
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14 – ‘Many years ago when I was…’ 20.12.2025 17:37
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15 – June 1819 19.12.2025 20:29
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16 – Appendix: December 1822 18.12.2025 29:04
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