This collection opens with Three Memorable Murders, De Quincey’s sequel to Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts, reconstructing the Ratcliffe Highway killings of 1811. It goes on to essays on the Bible and science, Schlosser’s literary history, the Antigone on the Edinburgh stage, the Marquess Wellesley, Milton against Southey and Landor, and suicide.
Characteristic De Quincey: digressive, macabre, learned and funny, for readers of the great Romantic essayists. Download the free EPUB.