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LibriVox recording of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater , by Thomas de Quincey. Read by Martin Geeson. “Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty Opium!” Though apparently presenting the reader with a collage of poignant memories, temporal digressions and random anecdotes, the Confessions is a work of immense sophistication and certainly one of the most impressive and influential of all autobiographies. The work is of great appeal to the contemporary reader, displaying a nervous (postmodern?) self-awareness, a spiralling obsession with the enigmas of its own composition an
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- English
- Format
- MP3
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- License
- Public Domain
- Source
- Public Domain
- Added
- April 25, 2026
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey
Source: Public Domain
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