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Charles Lamb

English essayist of Welsh heritage.

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Born 10 February 1775
Died 27 December 1834

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  • Cover of: Tales from Shakespeare

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  • Cover of: The Works of Charles Lamb: The Essays of Elia

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  • Cover of: The essays of Elia

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  • Cover of: The letters of Charles Lamb: with a sketch of his life

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  • Cover of: The adventures of Ulysses

    Cover of edition adventuresofulys00lamb_1 Cover of edition adventuresofulys00lamb Cover of edition adventuresofulys0000lamb Cover of edition adventuresofuly00lamb Cover of edition miscellaneousske00lambuoft Cover of edition adventuresulyss00lambgoog Cover of edition adventuresulyss02homegoog Cover of edition adventuresulyss01lambgoog First published in 1800 — 32 editions
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  • Cover of: Selected English Short Stories (XIX Century): First Series

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  • Cover of: A dissertation upon roast pig

    Cover of edition dissertationupon00lamb Cover of edition adissertationup00lambgoog First published in 1800 — 19 editions
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  • Cover of: The works of Charles and Mary Lamb

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  • Cover of: Mrs. Leicester's school

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  • Cover of: Poetry for children

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  • Cover of: Works

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  • Cover of: Specimens of English dramatic poets: who lived about the time of Shakspeare. With notes.

    Cover of edition specimensenglis05lambgoog Cover of edition specimensenglis00gollgoog First published in 1813 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The life and works of Charles Lamb.

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  • Cover of: Bon-mots of Charles Lamb and Douglas Jerrold

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  • Cover of: The works in prose and verse of Charles and Mary Lamb

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  • Cover of: Charles Lamb: prose & poetry

    First published in 1921 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Eliana: being the hitherto uncollected writings.

    First published in 1864 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Poems, plays and miscellaneous essays of Charles Lamb.

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  • Cover of: All Shakespeare's Tales

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  • Cover of: Tales from Shakespeare: The Tempest / Merchant of Venice / King Lear

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Born 10 February 1775
Died 27 December 1834

Subjects

Adaptations, Stories, plots, Juvenile literature, English drama, Juvenile fiction, Correspondence, Drama, English Authors, Fiction, History and criticism, Theater, English essays, English literature, Kings and rulers, American Short stories, Anecdotes, Bibliography, Children's fiction, Children's plays, Conduct of life, Courtship, Description and travel, English Short stories, English poetry, English wit and humor

Places

Great Britain, Carthage, Denmark, England, Heaven, Italy, Naples, Norway, Paris, Russia, Toledo, Valley of the Many-Colored Grass, london

People

Charles Lamb (1775-1834), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Mary Lamb (1764-1847), Augustine Birrell (1850-1933), A Boy, A Sexton, Alfred Ainger (1837-1904), Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Attendants, Balthasar, Beatrice, Benedick, Bernardo, Borachio, C. Auguste Dupin, Caliban, Captain, Ceres, Claudio, Claudius, Conrade, Cornelius, Dogberry

Time

19th century, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, 19e siècle

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September 3, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Added new photo
January 23, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternatives names
January 23, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
February 19, 2021 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import