Project Gutenberg 2005-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 120 De Quincey, Thomas 1785 1859 Quincey, Thomas de Quincy, Thomas de Kvinsi, Tomas de DeQuincey, Thomas Autobiographic Sketches Reading ease score: 49.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Anne Soulard, Arno Peters, Tiffany Vergon and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Autobiographic Sketches" by Thomas De Quincey is a collection of personal essays reflecting on the author's life, likely written in the mid-19th century. In these sketches, De Quincey delves into significant moments and experiences from his childhood, examining themes of grief, love, and the profound impacts of loss, particularly regarding his siblings. Painful memories intertwined with vivid sensory details offer a poignant glimpse into the complexities of his emotional landscape. The opening of the text introduces readers to De Quincey's childhood, specifically focusing on the loss of his beloved sisters and the implications of these early tragedies on his psyche. He describes the overwhelming sorrow that enveloped his young heart, the innocence disrupted by death, and his attempts to understand the finality of loss. The narrative captures the interplay between the joys of childhood and the shadow of mortality, setting a reflective tone that invites readers to ponder their own experiences with grief and the ephemeral nature of love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859 PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 774000 773868 2024-10-03T12:56:18.823911 2023-10-04T03:47:32.905096 text/html text/html 773993 773861 2024-10-03T12:56:19.138852 2023-10-04T03:47:33.121100 text/html text/html 389125 2024-10-03T12:56:29.303825 application/epub+zip 399943 2024-10-03T12:56:22.484862 application/epub+zip 385240 2024-10-03T12:56:21.180837 application/epub+zip 676566 2024-10-03T12:56:35.231805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 634418 2024-10-03T12:56:28.488806 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 588493 2022-09-04T05:28:23.846101 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 748681 748600 2024-10-03T12:56:18.354856 2023-10-04T03:47:32.570098 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 743698 2020-12-30T11:40:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 295577 2020-12-30T11:40:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19018 2024-10-03T12:56:35.364827 application/rdf+xml 15474 2024-10-03T12:56:21.738828 image/jpeg 4137 2024-10-03T12:56:21.455833 image/jpeg 383716 2024-10-03T12:56:19.209875 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 en.wikipedia