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Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859) was a English author, whose works include Confessions of an English Opium-Eater in 1821 and the essays "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth" in 1823 and "On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts" in 1827.

Short Biography:

He was a friend of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Born in Manchester, de Quincey ran away from school there to wander and study in Wales. He then went to London, where he lived in extreme poverty but with the constant companio read more...

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