Charles Lamb (1) (1775–1834)
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Charles Lamb was born in London, England in 1775. He was educated at the well-known Christ's Hospital school, which he attended from age eight to 15. It was there that he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who became a lifelong friend; the friendship was to have a significant influence on the literary visa mer careers of both men. Lamb did not continue his education at the university, probably because of a nervous condition that resulted in a severe stammer. Instead, he went to work as a clerk, eventually becoming an accounting clerk with the East India Company, where he worked for most of his adult life. However, he continued to pursue his literary interests as well and became well-known as a writer. His best work is considered to be his essays, originally published under the pen name Elia, but Lamb also wrote poetry, plays, and stories for children under his own name. In 1796, Lamb's sister, Mary Ann, went mad and attacked her parents with a knife, killing her mother and wounding her father. She was placed in an institution for a time, but was eventually released into her brother's guardianship. This incident, and later periods when she was institutionalized again, had a great effect on Lamb, who had always been very close to his sister. Charles and Mary Ann Lamb collaborated on several books, including Poetry for Children, Mrs. Leicester's School, and Beauty and the Beast. Probably their best-known collaboration, however, was Tales from Shakespeare, a series of summaries of the plots from 20 Shakespearean plays, which was published in 1807. Charles Lamb died in 1834. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Charles Lamb
Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare (Complete and Unabridged) and Nesbit's Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare (2009) 16 exemplar
Everybody's Lamb: Being a selection from The essays of Elia, the letters and the miscellaneious prose (1933) 16 exemplar
Macbeth e altri racconti da Shakespeare 7 exemplar
The Life, Letters, And Writings Of Charles Lamb: Sketches, Etc. Contributions To Hone's "every Day Book." Reviews.… (2008) 6 exemplar
Delphi Complete Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Eight Book 8) (2017) 6 exemplar
six tales from shakespeare: the merchant of venice; king lear; macbeth; hamlet; romeo and juliet; the tempest (1880) 5 exemplar
Essays and Sketches 5 exemplar
An Art Edition of the Most Popular Dramas of Shakespeare With the Story of Each Drama; Classified as Comedies,… (1889) 5 exemplar
Prince Dorus 4 exemplar
Charles Lamb: Essays 4 exemplar
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 3 exemplar
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb - Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 (2011) 3 exemplar
An American Family Shakespeare Entertainment, Vol. 2: Based on Charles & Mary Lambs Tales from Shakespeare, with… (2009) — Redaktör — 3 exemplar
Lamb's tales from Shakespeare every child should know (What every child should know library) (1939) 3 exemplar
Saggi di Elia 3 exemplar
Select essays: Dream children, a revery; The praise of chimney-sweepers; Old China; A chapter on ears; The two races of… (1934) 3 exemplar
Literary sketches and letters 2 exemplar
John Woodvil : a tragedy. 2 exemplar
The Letters of Charles Lamb to which are added those of his sister Mary Lamb (Volume Three) 2 exemplar
The Essays of Charles Lamb: A Selection 2 exemplar
The Works of Charles Lamb. Critical Essays. Edited With a Preface and Notes by William MacDonald. With many portraits… (1903) 2 exemplar
Album verses, with a few others 2 exemplar
Prose & poetry 2 exemplar
Essays and letters 2 exemplar
The letters and life of Charles Lamb 2 exemplar
Confessions of a drunkard 2 exemplar
On country living 2 exemplar
Half-Hours with Great Humorists (1889) 2 exemplar
Miscellaneous Essays & Sketches: Volume II 2 exemplar
The Works of Charles Lamb ... A new edition. [Edited by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd. With a portrait.] (2011) 1 exemplar
Letters of Charles Lamb, Vol. 2 of 2: With Some Account of the Writer, His Friends and Correspondents, and Explanatory… (2017) 1 exemplar
Ten Essays of Charles Lamb 1 exemplar
The King and Queen of Hearts 1 exemplar
Commonplace Books 1 exemplar
Contos de Shakespeare v.2 1 exemplar
Contos de Shakespeare v.1 1 exemplar
Shakespearen satuja 1 exemplar
Charles and Mary Lamb 1 exemplar
Autograph Manuscript of Grace Before Meat 1 exemplar
Plays and dramatic essays 1 exemplar
Lamb 1 exemplar
Books for children 1 exemplar
The essays of Elia,including 'Elia' and 'The last essays of Elia' (Macdonald illustrated classics… 1 exemplar
Some Essays of Elia 1 exemplar
Charles Lamb, bibliophile 1 exemplar
Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, Vol 2 1 exemplar
Two Essays of Elia 1 exemplar
The Blue Jar Story Book 1 exemplar
Tales from Shakespeare : The tempest : Romeo and Juliet : As you like it = Shakespeare mesék : A vihar : Rómeó és… (1997) 1 exemplar
The Riverside Literature Series. The Essays of Elia, Selected with Biographical Sketch, Bibliography, and Notes (2017) 1 exemplar
Essays of Elia vol. 2 1 exemplar
The Letters of Charles Lamb to which are added those of his sister Mary Lamb (Volume Two) 1 exemplar
Charles Lamb : essays and letters 1 exemplar
Essays of Elia 1 exemplar
Tales from Shakspeare ... Introductory preface by A. Lang. Illustrations by R. A. Bell (1899) 1 exemplar
Three Tales From Shakespeare 1 exemplar
English romantic Essays 1 exemplar
Rejoicings upon the New Year's coming of age 1 exemplar
Henry Altemus Tales From Shakespeare 1 exemplar
Stories for children 1 exemplar
The Complete Works of Charles Lamb in Prose and Verse Including Poetry for Children and Prince Dorus (1898) 1 exemplar
Lamb's Works 1 exemplar
The Works of Charles Lamb: Poetical and Dramatic Tales, Essays and Criticisms. Ed. C Kent. 1 exemplar
Last Essays and Popular Fallacies 1 exemplar
Selected letters 1 exemplar
The Pawnbroker's Daughter 1 exemplar
The Wife's Trial 1 exemplar
Gateway series [of English texts] 1 exemplar
Grace before meat : from the Essays of Elia 1 exemplar
The Witch Aunt [short story] 1 exemplar
First Going to Church [short story] 1 exemplar
Lamb's stories from Shakespeare 1 exemplar
Selected essays 1 exemplar
A First Book of Shakespeare 1 exemplar
W. Eugene Smith papers 1 exemplar
Tales from Shakespeare/The Adventures of Ulysses/Other Outstanding Classic Books for Children 1 exemplar
Mrs. Battle's opinions on whist 1 exemplar
The works of Charles Lamb, vol. V 1 exemplar
The works of Charles Lamb, vol. IV 1 exemplar
The works of Charles Lamb, vol. III 1 exemplar
The works of Charles Lamb, vol. II 1 exemplar
The works of Charles Lamb, vol. I 1 exemplar
sus4 1 exemplar
The Choice Works of Charles Lamb 1 exemplar
Paragraphs from New Year's Eve 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy [Norton Critical Edition] (1973) — Bidragsgivare — 260 exemplar
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Bidragsgivare — 247 exemplar
The New Junior Classics Volume 05: Stories That Never Grow Old (1938) — Bidragsgivare — 203 exemplar
Grolier Classics: Jane Eyre, Maxims and Reflections, Essays of Elia, Rubaiyat (1956) — Bidragsgivare — 10 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Andra namn
- Elia
- Födelsedag
- 1775-02-10
- Avled
- 1834-12-27
- Begravningsplats
- All Saints' Churchyard, Edmonton, UK
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- Crown Office Row, Inner Temple, London, UK
- Dödsort
- Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Crown Office Row, Inner Temple, London, UK
Pentonville, London, England, UK
London, England, UK
Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK - Utbildning
- Christ's Hospital
- Yrken
- clerk
essayist
literary critic
letter-writer
poet - Relationer
- Lamb, Mary (sister)
Lamb, John (father)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (friend)
Fenwick, Eliza (friend) - Organisationer
- British East India Company
- Kort biografi
- Charles and Mary Lamb were siblings.
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Men önskelistan var det ju: troligen hamnade samlingen där i samband med någon läsning om Shakespeare; några av de mer uppmärksammade essäerna handlar om skådespel, och då är Shakespeare det enda namn som nämns som fortfarande allmänt känns igen bland författarna till dylika. Även i övrigt är dock samlingen fullt läsvärd: Lamb är en konversant, trevlig bekantskap, långt ifrån någon sträng moralist, även om han då och då närmar sig sådan materia. Han framstår som en i botten älskvärd herre, som främst vill roa sin läsare, men ibland faller för frestelsen att mystifiera och sätta upp skuggspel. Han är lätt sentimentalt konservativ, drömmer sig gärna tillbaka till en svunnen guldålder utan att därför alltför hårt beklaga sig över samtiden.
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