In another section of this book, a servant drops a heavy trunk of books, endangering its narrator's attempt to escape from Manchester Grammar School.
The narrator of this work dismisses the idea that the effect of music is experienced passively in a passage about his Saturday trips to see Giuseppina Grassini at the opera. In another section of this book, a servant drops a heavy trunk of books, endangering its narrator's attempt to escape from Manchester Grammar School. Its protagonist lives with a ghost-fearing orphan girl after moving to London, where he befriends a fifteen-year-old prostitute named Ann. Acute stomach (*) pains prompt its narrator's first encounter with what he refers to as a balm for "the wounds that will never heal" and "the pangs that tempt the spirit to rebel". This book is divided into sections titled for the "pleasures" and "pains" of the title substance. For 10 points, name this autobiographical work detailing the fantastic visions and dreams inspired by Thomas De Quincey's laudanum addiction.
The narrator of this work dismisses the idea that the effect of music is experienced passively in a passage about his Saturday trips to see Giuseppina Grassini at the opera.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater