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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing, and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." -Thomas De Quincey, A Second Paper on Murder(1839) A Second Paper on Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts (1839) is the second in a series of three essays Thomas De Quincey wrote on the subject of crime and black humor, the others bein...

People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed-a knife-a purse-and a dark lane..." -Thomas De Quincy In On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts (1827), Thomas De Quincy used a series of murders, allegedly committed in London in 1811 by John Williams, as the centerpiece of a satirical essay that whimsically discusses the aesthetics of murder. In this commentary,...

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies, for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone."-Thomas de Quincey Miscellaneous Essays (1851) is a collection of essays by Thomas De Quincey, who has been called "...one of the greatest prose stylists of the English Romantic era." It has also been said of the author that he "was a pioneer in sensationalism, " and it i...

\"Bekenntnisse eines englischen Opiumessers\" ist das bekannteste autobiografische Werk des englischen Schriftstellers Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859). Dieser Bericht, in dem de Quincey ganz offen, ehrlich und gleichzeitig künstlerisch und spannend sein Leben voller Leid, Sucht und Genuss beschreibt, erschien zum ersten Mal im Jahre 1821 im »London Magazine«. Im Alter von 19 Jahren, als er unter starker Neuralgie litt, nahm er erstmals Opium. Di...

Bekenntnisse eines englischen Opiumessers" ist das bekannteste autobiografische Werk des englischen Schriftstellers Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859). Dieser Bericht, in dem de Quincey ganz offen, ehrlich und gleichzeitig künstlerisch und spannend sein Leben voller Leid, Sucht und Genuss beschreibt, erschien zum ersten Mal im Jahre 1821 im »London Magazine«. Im Alter von 19 Jahren, als er unter starker Neuralgie litt, nahm er erstmals Opium. Die n...

Written in 1821, 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' brought literary fame and not a little notoriety to Thomas de Quincy. It blew the lid on widespread opium addiction in Regency England, 'outing' such worthies as Dr Abernethy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wilberforce. 'Confessions' recounts the author's privileged public school days, his defiant truancy which led ultimately to a life of penury in London and to his rescue by, and r...

This vintage book comprises 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater', an autobiographical account of Thomas De Quincey's opium addiction and the effect that it had on his life. This text was the first major book that De Quincey published, and one that made him famous in a very short period of time. De Quincey's Confessions assumed an authoritative influence on the public, as well as scientific opinion of opium for several generations. It went t...

This vintage book comprises 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater', an autobiographical account of Thomas De Quincey's opium addiction and the effect that it had on his life. This text was the first major book that De Quincey published, and one that made him famous in a very short period of time. De Quincey's Confessions assumed an authoritative influence on the public, as well as scientific opinion of opium for several generations. It went t...