Thomas De Quincey Books

The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Thomas De Quincey

Thomas De Quincy's autobiographical tract Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an account, you might have guessed, of the author's struggles and glories with opium. Though he was a brillian..

Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1

Thomas De Quincey

Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 is a collection of essays written on Christian life by Thomas Penson De Quincey, who was an English essayist, best known for his Confessions of an E..

Miscellaneous Essays

Thomas De Quincey

The Hunter Thompson of the 19th Century, de Quincey is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (an activity shared with his hero, Samuel Coleridge, much to Wordsworth’s dismay). Howev..