Confesiones de un inglés comedor de opio

Por Thomas De Quincey

El propio Thomas de Quincey escribió su autobiografía en tres entregas, Confesiones de un inglés comedor de opio(Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, 1821, traducido a veces como Confesiones de un opiómano inglés o Confesiones de un opiófago inglés), su continuación, Suspiria de profundis (1845) y Apuntes autobiográficos (1853).

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: Thomas De Quincey
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 13 mar 2016
• ISBN: 9788892569355

Thomas De Quincey

Thomas De Quincey was born in Manchester in 1785. Highly intelligent but with a rebellious spirit, he was offered a place at Oxford University while still a student at Manchester Grammar School. But unwilling to complete his studies, he ran away and lived on the streets, first in Wales and then in London. Eventually he returned home and took up his place at Oxford, but quit before completing his degree. A friend of Coleridge and Wordsworth, he eventually settled in Grasmere in the Lake District and worked as a journalist. He first wrote about his opium experiences in essays for The London Magazine, and these were printed in book form in 1822. De Quincey died in 1859.