Introduction
Thomas De Quincey: a brief chronology
A note on the text
Confessions of an English opium-eater (1821)
Suspiria de profundis (1845)
The English mail-coach (1849)
Appendix A: Related texts and prefaces
Appendix B: Reviews, letters, notes
Appendix C: The opium question: history and politics
Appendix D: The opium question: medicine and psychology.