Download or read book Freud for Beginners written by Richard Appignanesi and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aims to demystify the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. The book tells the story of Freud's life and ideas from his upbringing in 19th-century Vienna, his early medical career and his encounter with cocaine, to the evolution of his theories on the unconscious, dreams and sexuality.