Project Gutenberg 2018-11-25 Public domain in the USA. 77 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous 54021641 The Chinese Opium-Smoker The opium smoker Reading ease score: 60.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by deaurider, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Chinese Opium-Smoker" by Anonymous is a historical account written during the late 19th century. This book discusses the devastating impact of opium smoking in China, particularly focusing on the societal and familial destruction it causes to individuals and their loved ones. Through a series of illustrations complemented by descriptive narratives, the book exposes the moral, physical, and financial decline experienced by opium users. The content of the book follows the grim story of an opium smoker, detailing his journey from a respectable life to one filled with despair and ruin. It illustrates the progressive stages of addiction, highlighting the pleas of his family, the loss of his social standing, and the catastrophic effects on his health and livelihood. As the narrative unfolds, it addresses the extensive prevalence of opium smoking among various demographics in China and critiques Britain's role in perpetuating the opium trade, showing that it enriches British merchants at the expense of Chinese society's wellbeing. Ultimately, the book serves as a stark warning about the destructive power of addiction and the responsibilities of those who profit from it. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Opium abuse HV Text Browsing: Drugs/Alcohol/Pharmacology Browsing: Sociology 42288 42322 2024-09-24T07:53:52.767670 2023-09-25T06:57:03.848700 text/html text/html 38778 2018-11-25T10:41:30 text/html; charset=us-ascii 1332199 2018-11-25T10:41:30 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 1267030 2024-09-24T07:53:55.084679 application/epub+zip 1266828 2024-09-24T07:53:53.268709 application/epub+zip 94737 2024-09-24T07:53:52.982670 application/epub+zip 1293253 2024-09-24T07:53:56.687679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1279232 2024-09-24T07:53:54.792697 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108817 2022-09-26T12:44:34.913005 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33352 33149 2024-09-24T07:53:52.595676 2023-09-25T06:57:03.707690 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 33602 2018-11-25T10:41:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 12917 2018-11-25T10:41:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18232 2024-09-24T07:53:56.816651 application/rdf+xml 22114 2024-09-24T07:53:53.052688 image/jpeg 3718 2024-09-24T07:53:53.016680 image/jpeg 1577406 2024-09-24T07:53:52.813680 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Unknown en.wikipedia