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Explosive and unforgiving, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater describes in searing detail the pleasure, pain and mind-expanding powers of opium. Part of the Macmillan Collector\"s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers....

\\\"Confessions of an English Opium-Eater\\\" (1821) relates Thomas De Quincey\"s early life and experiences of opium addiction at a time when that drug was widely used for the relief of pain, and before its addictive qualities were properly understood....