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New York. 1966. Signet/New American Library. Reprinted Signet Classic Paperback Edition. Previous Owner's Name Penned in Front, Otherwise Very Good in Wrappers With the Remains of A Price Sticker at the Top Front Corner. 0451506030. 335 pages. paperback. CQ603. Cover: Milton Glaser. keywords: Signet Classic Paperback. FROM THE PUBLISHER - 'Opium gives and takes away. It ruins the natural power of life; but it develops preternatural paroxysms of intermitting power.' This is the theme which shapes Confessions of an English Opium Eater, one of the most brilliant achievements in the literature of addiction. Written in the sensuous prose style of which De Quincey was a master, this remarkable book does more than chart the course of the author's dependence upon opium; with kaleidoscopic vividness it evokes the opposing poles of pleasure and pain which comprise an addict's life, the world of dreams and the world of terrible realities. A singular blending of objective analysis and…
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Signet Classics. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.
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