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FerretFred
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Ask HN: What are your favorite classic books?
"Confessions of an English Eater" by Thomas De Quincey. An autobiographical work in which the author details his unfortunate descent into Laudanum addiction. It all started well, but ended badly...
northernman
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I think you mean "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"
FerretFred
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Tsk! I did indeed!
keiferski
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This book is amazingly well-written and is worth reading on that basis alone.
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