Download or read book The Diaries of Elizabeth Inchbald, Vol. 2: The Height of Fame--Acting, Playwriting, and Novel Writing, 1782-1793 written by Thomas Holcroft and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is one of the greatest English prose writers of the nineteenth century. In this edition texts are drawn from the first published versions, and a full second version provided where he thoroughly recast his own work at a later date. The bulk of his unpublished manuscripts are presented here, among them several works only recently re-discovered.