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A comment on Ask HN: What are your favorite classic books?.

Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite classic books? by FerretFred on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @11:59AM (#41236691)
"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...
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Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite classic books? by northernman on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @02:33PM (#41238118)
I think you mean "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"
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Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite classic books? by FerretFred on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @03:42PM (#41238955)
Tsk! I did indeed!
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Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite classic books? by keiferski on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @12:41AM (#41242611)
This book is amazingly well-written and is worth reading on that basis alone.
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