The protagonist is taken care of by the prostitute (*) Ann, who appears in a dream so terrifying to the narrator that he swears to never sleep again.
The most quoted passage from this work imagines the restoration of "the guilty man's" "hopes of his youth," with "hands washed pure of blood." At the end of its second part, a "Notice to the Reader" summarizes the chronology of events, including the failure of Lord Desart's signatures to impress moneylenders. This work's title character enjoys the performances of the soprano Grassini and can't complete a publication on Ricardo. He frantically searches for a Malay man whom he had entertained in his house. The protagonist is taken care of by the prostitute (*) Ann, who appears in a dream so terrifying to the narrator that he swears to never sleep again. This work addresses the "pleasures" and "pains" of the title substance, which was prescribed for neuralgic head pains. For 10 points, identify this study of drug addiction based on the life of its author Thomas De Quincey.
The most quoted passage from this work imagines the restoration of "the guilty man's" "hopes of his youth," with "hands washed pure of blood."
{Confessions} of an {English Opium Eater}