The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb - Volume I (Esprios Classics)

The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb - Volume I (Esprios Classics)
ISBN-10
1034441264
ISBN-13
9781034441267
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
418
Language
English
Published
2021-02-12
Publisher
Blurb
Authors
Mary Lamb, Charles

Description

Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 - 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764-1847). Charles and Mary both suffered periods of mental illness, and Charles spent six weeks in a psychiatric hospital during 1795. He was, however, already making his name as a poet. Despite Lamb's bouts of melancholia, both he and his sister enjoyed an active and rich social life. Their London quarters became a kind of weekly salon for many of the most outstanding theatrical and literary figures of the day.

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