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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
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Opere di Charles Lamb
Everybody's Lamb: Being a selection from The essays of Elia, the letters and the miscellaneious prose (1933) 17 copie
Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare (Complete and Unabridged) and Nesbit's Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare (2009) 16 copie
Delphi Complete Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Eight Book 8) (2017) 6 copie
The Life, Letters, And Writings Of Charles Lamb: Sketches, Etc. Contributions To Hone's "every Day Book." Reviews.… (2008) 6 copie
An Art Edition of the Most Popular Dramas of Shakespeare With the Story of Each Drama; Classified as Comedies,… (1889) 5 copie
Essays and Sketches 5 copie
six tales from shakespeare: the merchant of venice; king lear; macbeth; hamlet; romeo and juliet; the tempest (1880) 5 copie
Charles Lamb: Essays 4 copie
Saggi di Elia 4 copie
Prince Dorus 4 copie
Select essays: Dream children, a revery; The praise of chimney-sweepers; Old China; A chapter on ears; The two races of… (1934) 3 copie
An American Family Shakespeare Entertainment, Vol. 2: Based on Charles & Mary Lambs Tales from Shakespeare, with… (2009) — A cura di — 3 copie
Lamb's tales from Shakespeare every child should know (What every child should know library) (1939) 3 copie
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 3 copie
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb - Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 (2011) 3 copie
On country living 2 copie
Literary sketches and letters 2 copie
The Works of Charles Lamb. Critical Essays. Edited With a Preface and Notes by William MacDonald. With many portraits… (1903) 2 copie
John Woodvil : a tragedy. 2 copie
Essays and letters 2 copie
Prose & poetry 2 copie
Album verses, with a few others 2 copie
Confessions of a drunkard 2 copie
Lamb's stories from Shakespeare 1 copia
Plays and dramatic essays 1 copia
Three Tales From Shakespeare 1 copia
Some Essays of Elia 1 copia
The Blue Jar Story Book 1 copia
The essays of Elia,including 'Elia' and 'The last essays of Elia' (Macdonald illustrated classics… 1 copia
The Riverside Literature Series. The Essays of Elia, Selected with Biographical Sketch, Bibliography, and Notes (2017) 1 copia
Essays of Elia vol. 2 1 copia
Tales from Shakspeare ... Introductory preface by A. Lang. Illustrations by R. A. Bell (1899) 1 copia
Charles and Mary Lamb 1 copia
Shakespearen satuja 1 copia
The Works of Charles Lamb ... A new edition. [Edited by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd. With a portrait.] (2011) 1 copia
Letters of Charles Lamb, Vol. 2 of 2: With Some Account of the Writer, His Friends and Correspondents, and Explanatory… (2017) 1 copia
Contos de Shakespeare v.2 1 copia
Contos de Shakespeare v.1 1 copia
Tales from Shakespeare/The Adventures of Ulysses/Other Outstanding Classic Books for Children 1 copia
Commonplace Books 1 copia
The King and Queen of Hearts 1 copia
Tales from Shakespeare : The tempest : Romeo and Juliet : As you like it = Shakespeare mesék : A vihar : Rómeó és… (1997) 1 copia
A First Book of Shakespeare 1 copia
sus4 1 copia
The Choice Works of Charles Lamb 1 copia
Lamb 1 copia
Charles Lamb, bibliophile 1 copia
Two Essays of Elia 1 copia
Books for children 1 copia
W. Eugene Smith papers 1 copia
English romantic Essays 1 copia
The Complete Works of Charles Lamb in Prose and Verse Including Poetry for Children and Prince Dorus (1898) 1 copia
Stories for children 1 copia
Paragraphs from New Year's Eve 1 copia
Mrs. Battle's opinions on whist 1 copia
The Witch Aunt [short story] 1 copia
Lamb's Works 1 copia
Ten Essays of Charles Lamb 1 copia
The Wife's Trial 1 copia
The Pawnbroker's Daughter 1 copia
Selected letters 1 copia
Opere correlate
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy [Norton Critical Edition] (1973) — Collaboratore — 270 copie
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Collaboratore — 250 copie
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 5: Community Responsibility (1969) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
Grolier Classics: Jane Eyre, Maxims and Reflections, Essays of Elia, Rubaiyat (1956) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Elia
- Data di nascita
- 1775-02-10
- Data di morte
- 1834-12-27
- Luogo di sepoltura
- All Saints' Churchyard, Edmonton, UK
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Crown Office Row, Inner Temple, London, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Crown Office Row, Inner Temple, London, UK
Pentonville, London, England, UK
London, England, UK
Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK - Istruzione
- Christ's Hospital
- Attività lavorative
- clerk
essayist
literary critic
letter-writer
poet - Relazioni
- Lamb, Mary (sister)
Lamb, John (father)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (friend)
Fenwick, Eliza (friend) - Organizzazioni
- British East India Company
- Breve biografia
- Charles and Mary Lamb were siblings.
Utenti
Recensioni
Tales from Shakespeare (Penguin Classics) di Charles Lamb
Just to be clear, I’m not rating Shakespeare’s plays a three star. I thoroughly enjoy most of his plays. What bothered me with this book was that it was intended to be for children, and I feel like the language is still quite complicated for children. So as a children’s book, I don’t think this succeeded, but it is a great way for adults to get an idea of what Shakespeare’s plays are about without having to actually read Shakespeare’s plays.
What an interesting mind this man had. I enjoyed all the essays in this collection, the later ones best. Mr. Ridgeway's Introduction and Commentaries were very good, especially the commentary on "Charles Lamb as a Writer". I agreed with his observations and thoughts; I believe I would have liked Charles Lamb alot.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 249
- Opere correlate
- 22
- Utenti
- 8,144
- Popolarità
- #2,971
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 84
- ISBN
- 623
- Lingue
- 22
- Preferito da
- 11
