I picked up this book not out of interest of Samuel Coleridge, but merely out of interest for it's age and presentation (1887, first edition, tidy green cloth cover). I was pleasantly surprised when I began reading that the book itself is considerably interesting.

The book follows the trials and tribulations of the life of ST Coleridge, poet, writer, journalist & sometimes speaker. It covers his youthful schemes, his life long struggle to earn a living from his writing, his battle with opium as well as his rather odd family life.

All in all it's an interesting snapshot of one mans life in the late 1700s/early 1800s, well worth the time. ( )