DE QUINCEY, T.: Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859, Author.

Contributor:

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

As a final specimen, I cite one of a different character... ( 10 min., 02 sec. )

June 1819 ( 06 min., 06 sec. )

May 1818 ( 06 min., 56 sec. )

I had been in youth, and even since... ( 09 min., 04 sec. )

Without the aid of M. all records of bills... ( 08 min., 26 sec. )

My studies have now been long interrupted. ( 08 min., 48 sec. )

As to the opium, I have no objection... ( 07 min., 35 sec. )

This incident I have digressed to mention... ( 08 min., 49 sec. )

If any man, poor or rich... ( 08 min., 06 sec. )

But now comes a different era. ( 06 min., 53 sec. )

Introduction to the Pains of Opium ( 06 min., 37 sec. )

The late Duke of - used to say... ( 15 min., 21 sec. )

Wine robs a man of his self-possession... ( 09 min., 29 sec. )

The Pleasures of Opium ( 10 min., 12 sec. )

Part Two ( 06 min., 47 sec. )

Here let me stop for a moment... ( 10 min., 01 sec. )

It was past eight o'clock... ( 08 min., 32 sec. )

I do not often weep: for not only do my thoughts... ( 12 min., 34 sec. )

That power was not, indeed, very extensive... ( 10 min. )

Soon after this I contrived... ( 09 min., 21 sec. )

Some concessions the good woman seemed... ( 06 min., 54 sec. )

So blended and intertwisted in this life... ( 09 min., 47 sec. )

When I first entered I remember... ( 08 min., 04 sec. )

Indeed, the fascinating powers of opium... ( 09 min., 01 sec. )

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ( 08 minutes )

Participant:

Cauthery, Gunnar, Reader -- De Quincey, Thomas, Author

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9781843799177

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.