What specifically connects an unknown starving English author who became famous for portraying his own drug addiction, a very well known novel written as a result of a bet, and a word meaning 'to praise'?

Sabine06

Thomas de Quincey who wrote Confessions of an English Opium -Eater (and was at one point homeless and near starvation) was addicted to laudanum... as I think was Allan Quatermain the hero of King Solomon's Mines which H Rider Haggard wrote as a result of a bet with his brother that he could write a novel as good at RL Stevenson's Treasure Island. The word 'laudanum' was coined by the alchemist Percelsus possibly from the same root as 'laud' meaning to praise. Mar 06 06, 11:39 PM

peasypod

Well, 3/4 of a banana for that effort, Sabine, well done. Yup, I was after laudanum with connections to Quincey and coming from the Latin 'to praise', but I had another, quite definate character in mind who was addicted to the stuff in a VERY well known novel which came about as a bet. Any other takers? Mar 07 06, 2:35 PM

lanfranco

I think I'll go for "Frankenstein." And here's a site on this storied substance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudanum Mar 07 06, 3:13 PM

peasypod

Very good, Frankie. The bet, of course, was between Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Godwin (eventually Mrs Shelley), and John Polidori (whom which came up with 'The Vampyre'). Mar 07 06, 4:23 PM

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