id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3926 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater - Wikipedia .html text/html 1976 187 64 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life. First published anonymously in September and October 1821 in the London Magazine,[2] the Confessions was released in book form in 1822, and again in 1856, in an edition revised by De Quincey. The cover of Thomas De Quincey's book Confessions of an Opium-Eater. ^ Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, edited by Alethea Hayter, New York, Penguin Books, 1971, provides the original magazine text. In Lectures d'une œuvre: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater – Thomas de Quincey. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, London Magazine, Vol. IV, (September 1821) No. xxi, pp. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions) ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3926.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3926.txt