| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
397 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-380) and index. |
| Contents |
The prelude -- Books -- Childhood and schooltime -- Schooltime (continued) -- Residence in London -- Summer vacation -- Residence at Oxford -- Retrospect: love of nature leading to love of mankind -- Home at Grasmere -- Residence in Dove Cottage and the revolution -- Residence in London and Grasmere -- The recluse -- Imagination, impaired and restored -- Same subject (continued) -- Postscript. |
| Summary |
"A biography of the last of the Romantics describes his rags-to-riches life and career as a journalist, translator, essayist and opium addict who inspired generations of writers with his emotional memoir Confessions of an English Opium-Eater,"--NoveList. |
| Subject |
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859.
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Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
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De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859. (OCoLC)fst00000405
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Authors, English. (OCoLC)fst00821945
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780374167301 (hardcover) |
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0374167303 (hardcover) |
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