Thomas de Quincey - Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/242400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Author: Thomas de Quincey Narrator: Gunnar Cauthery Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 41 minutes Release date: August 12, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Thomas De Quincey's highly charged and hauntingly accurate account of laudanum addiction is considered the root of all drug novels - from Baudelaire to Burroughs, Confessions of an English Opium Eater paved the way for later generations of writers. Initially prescribed as pain relief for a chronic condition, De Quincey soon found himself compelled by the opium experience, with his dreams recounted here in every hallucinatory detail; threatening Roman armies, sunken cities and German mountaintops, De Quincey's vivid memories will evoke wonder and curiosity in the listener.