Autobiographic Sketches

"Autobiographic Sketches" by Thomas De Quincey is a series of autobiographical essays that look back on the author's life. The book seems to have been written sometime in the 1800s. The collection explores essential moments from the author's younger years, like sorrow, affection, and the huge effects of losing family members, particularly his siblings. The stories share sad memories mixed with strong sensory details. It introduces readers to the author's early life, mainly dealing with the loss of his dear sisters and how these awful events affected him. He writes about the sadness that surrounded his young spirit and his early exposure to death and tries to understand what loss means. The collection looks at the mixture of happiness and the shadow of facing death in childhood. It is an invitation for readers to reflect on their own experiences with sorrow and how temporal love can be.