Autobiographic Sketches

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) was an English essayist and intellectual, known for his prolific work in Romantic literature. Born in Manchester, De Quincey's writings were greatly influenced by his own personal experiences, including early tragedies and his laudanum addiction. De Quincey is most famous for his 1821 work, 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater', which detailed these struggles with a...