# Confessions of an English Opium-Eater — Character guide

> Key figures in Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey.

- [Thomas De Quincey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/narrator.md): The autobiographical narrator and opium eater, recounting his life and experiences.
- [Ann](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/ann.md): A young woman who befriends the narrator in London and later disappears.
- [Lord D——](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/lord_d.md): A nobleman who employs the narrator as a tutor for his sons.
- [Piranesi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/piranesi.md): An artist whose dreamlike architectural prints haunt the narrator's opium visions.
- [Awsiter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/awsiter.md): An apothecary who supplies the narrator with opium.
- [Immanuel Kant](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/kant.md): The German philosopher referenced in the narrator's philosophical digressions.
- [Samuel Johnson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/dr_johnson.md): The English writer and lexicographer, cited as an authority on opium.
- [Grassini](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/grassini.md): An Italian opera singer whose performance the narrator recalls.
- [Anastasius](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/anastasius.md): A character from a novel whose adventures the narrator reads while on opium.
- [Mr. Harriott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/harriott.md): A man who assists the narrator during his early struggles in London.
- [William Lithgow](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/confessions_of_an_english_opium_eater_se/characters/william_lithgow.md): A Scottish traveler whose writings are mentioned in the text.

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