Beauties, Selected from the Writings of Thomas de Quincey

47 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of author. Thomas Penson De Quincey was an English essayist, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West. This volume includes selections from De Quincey's Early Life; Dreams; and Narratives, with an introductory note.