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This collection contains a representative selection from Charles Lamb's writings including essays, dramatic criticism, verse, and letters, demonstrating his literary achievements and acting as an autobiography.

Charles Lamb (1775-1834), essayist, poet, humorist, critic and letter-writer, has an enduring reputation for his early "Tales from Shakespeare" (1807), written in collaboration with his sister Mary, and his " Essays of Elia," first published in the "London Magazine." This... Read Full Overview