# Isolation and Loneliness in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

> Theme guide for Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey.

The author describes his retreat into solitude, both as a consequence of addiction and as a deliberate choice, emphasizing a 'penitential loneliness' and the desire to sequester himself from society.

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