# Thomas De Quincey — Suspiria de Profundis character guide

> Thomas De Quincey in Suspiria de Profundis by Thomas De Quincey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** De Quincey

**First appearance:** 0001-suspiria-de-profundis

## Who they are

The author, occasionally referred to in third person.

## In the story

### [Editor's Preface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se/chapters/editor-s-preface)

Author of the Suspiria, whose complex publication history and unfulfilled plan for a single volume are discussed.

### [Dreaming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se/chapters/dreaming)

Authorial voice discussing the purpose of the Confessions and his personal dream experiences.

### [The Glory of Motion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se/chapters/i-the-glory-of-motion)

The author and narrator, reflecting on his own past as a student at Oxford and the influence of mail-coaches on his dreams.

### [II: The Vision of Sudden Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se/chapters/ii-the-vision-of-sudden-death)

The author and narrator, who took laudanum before the incident and whose dreams are haunted by the vision.

### [The Palimpsest of the Human Brain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se/chapters/the-palimpsest-of-the-human-brain)

Authorial voice, referencing his own Opium Confessions and the effects of opium on memory.

### [The Apparition of the Brocken](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se/chapters/the-apparition-of-the-brocken)

Implied as the authorial voice behind the narrator, reflecting on his own dreams and opium experiences.

### [The Princess Who Overlooked One Seed in a Pomegranate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se/chapters/the-princess-who-overlooked-one-seed-in-a-pomegranate)

Implied as the subject of the opium career and the personal history of error described.

### [Who Is This Woman That Beckoneth and Warneth Me from the Place Where She Is, and in Whose Eyes Is Woeful Remembrance? I Guess Who She Is](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se/chapters/who-is-this-woman-that-beckoneth-and-warneth-me-from-the-place-where-she-is-and-in-whose-eyes-is-woeful-remembrance-i-guess-who-she-is)

The authorial voice behind the narrator, reflecting on personal memories and dreams.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se/characters/de_quincey
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/suspiria_de_profundis_se/characters