De Quincey, the scholarly addict

Very interesting piece here at Lapham's by Colin Dickey about English writer Thomas De Quincey, best known for Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. I first became aware of De Quincey via Jane Addams' Twenty Years at Hull-House, and have been meaning to read Confessions ever since. I already have it downloaded on my phone but haven't yet dived in; I'm now thinking instead that if I want to do a serious reading of the book I should pick up a decent used copy from somewhere.