Thomas De Quincey - Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

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'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' by Thomas De Quincey.

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  • @pape37 - Sir, although laudanum was indeed freely available at the time, may I propose that Mr de Quincey may have ventured from Nab Cottage, to seek opium from the Chinese community in Manchester?

    I believe this to be more inkeeping with the actuality of the matter.

    Regards,

    H.C.

  • love this book

  • @jezmuff

    Both. Opium at that time was largely drunk in the form of alcoholic tinctures by the British. De Quincey was addicted to one of these, called laudanum. It was the lower classes and Chinese who mostly smoked it. Strangely, eating hashish was also what the European upper classes did before smoking cannabis became popular.

  • confeciones de un ingles comedor de opyo

  • As in opioid addict or opium eater literally?

  • Great!

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