Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822) is an autobiographical novel by Thomas De Quincey first published in 1821 in the London Magazine, as a novel in 1822 and revised in 1856, about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) addiction and how it affected his life. See also: 1821 in literature, other events of 1822, 1823 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is biography, the writing of a life story, from the viewpoint of the subject. ... Thomas de Quincey (August 15, 1785 – December 8, 1859) was an English author and intellectual. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Harro5 23:13, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Laudanum is an alcoholic tincture of opium, sometimes sweetened with sugar and also called wine of opium. ... Opium is a narcotic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy . ... In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-khwl الكحول, or al-ghawl الغول) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ... Addiction is a compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its consequences. ...

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• Project Gutenberg Edition of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater