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Confessions of an english opiumeaterto the reader wikisource. I dont think his confessions legitimize the use of opium. From the pleasures of opium it is so long since i first took opium that if it had been a trifling incident in my life i might have forgotten its date. Confessions of an english opium eater questions and answers. Inspired by the french revolution, he says, he ran away from school in his teens, wandered homelessly in wales and london, somehow got to. Many people prefer to read offline or to print out text and read from the real printed page. Confessions of an opium eater trailer 1962 youtube. First published in 1821, it paved the way for later generations of literary drug users, from baudelaire to burroughs, and anticipated. About the structure of the novel based on paradigms, see in french yann tholoniat, thomas.
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He indicated, laudanum usage became an 8,000 drops a day regimen. Mussets translation of confessions of an english opium eater. Confessions of an english opium eater openlearn open. Confessions of an opium eater is a 1962 american crime film produced and directed by albert zugsmith. Thou hast the keys of paradise, o just, subtle, and mighty opium. Find books like confessions of an english opium eater from the worlds largest community of readers. Books similar to confessions of an english opium eater. Confessions of an english opiumeaterappendix wikisource. Canada english title confessions of an opium eater. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. Confessions of an english opiumeater american literature. Download confessions of an english opium eater pdf file size. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. So begins the confessions of an english opium eater.
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