Publisher's Synopsis
"Infirmity and misery do not of necessity imply guilt."
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Tales includes anautobiographical account by De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and itseffect on his life and four other writings.
Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785-1859) was an English essayist who is best known for his Confessions of an English-Opium eater.