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Charles Lamb was considered the most delightful of English essayists in the middle of the 19th century. Essays of Elia is a collection of his finest work. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.
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Charles Lamb achieved lasting fame as a writer during the years 1820-1825, when he captivated the discerning English reading public with his personal essays in the London Magazine, collected as Essays of Elia (1823) and The Last Essays of Elia (1833). Known for their charm, humor, and perception, and laced with idiosyncrasies, these essays appear to be modest in scope, but their soundings are.
Charles Lamb's Essays of Elia were essays written about himself and his sister, Mary. By using the pseudonym Elia, he was able to examine his life at some distance, and many of his essays are.
Charles Lamb was born on Feb. 10, 1775, in the heart of London in the Inner Temple, a great rambling old building filled with lawyers’ offices and living quarters. His father was a lawyer’s clerk and quite poor. At the age of 7 Charles was sent to school at Christ’s Hospital.
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New Edition. Two volumes, 8vo, pp. (iv), 556; (viii), 503, (1) blank; a clean, crisp copy throughout; in contemporary sprinkled calf, spines with contrasting red and black morocco labels lettered and numbered in gilt; some light chipping to head and foot of spines, still a fine copy inscribed by Thomas Bowles and dated 'February 13 1767' in vol. 1. Hume's Essays and Treatises on Several.
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A well bound, very scarce first edition of this tract looking at the dramatic talents of William Henry West Betty, or 'The Young Roscius'. Rebound, in a stunning half calf binding with marbled boards. With half title. These critical essays, which have been written by 'gentlemen of distinguished literary talents' and 'theatrical amateurs' have been compiled by James Bisset of Birmingham. Jams.
Charles Lamb led a life of considerable hardship and grief - his sister, Mary, stabbed their mother to death and was subject to periods of mania throughout her life. His writings, however, in a variety of genres, are always kindly, thoughtful, imaginative and, in this case, extremely funny.
Charles Lamb is the author of books such as The Essays Of Elia. Books by Charles Lamb. The Essays Of Elia. Tales From Shakespeare. The Works Of Charles Lamb. Last Essays Of Elia. The Letters Of Charles Lamb. The Adventures Of Ulysses. Life and Works Of Charles Lamb. The Works Of Charles and Mary Lamb - Volume 2. The Life, Letters, and Writings.
A collection of essays by Lamb who is the Elia of the title. They were personal and conversational and were a huge hit in the 1820s when they appeared in The London Magazine. The wood engravings are generally considered to be among the best work by Bray and in 1931 the First Edition Club selected this to as one of the 50 Best Books of 1931.
Written about a dream world, the essay Dream Children by Charles Lamb belongs to his famous work Essays of Elia (1823) published in London magazines. Referring to himself by the pseudonym Elia, Lamb has penned down the essays as personal accounts of his life devoid of any didactic or moral lessons.
Poor Relations is a self-narrative essay by Charles Lamb. In this essay, Lamb artistically with comic, humor, and pathos illustrates the inconveniences that are tolerated by a man from poor relatives.
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Lamb hasn't been popular through the 20th century - an attack on him by F. R. Leavis and his disciples in the 1930s was the start of the rot, and the gradual decline of the essay has meant he's been almost completely overlooked (though not by the Charles Lamb Society, who are still going in London and meet regularly for lectures - and for Lamb's birthday drinks).