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Charles Lamb (1) (1775–1834)

Autor(a) de Tales from Shakespeare

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250+ Works 8,070 Membros 83 Críticas 11 Favorited

About the Author

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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por Charles Lamb

Tales from Shakespeare (1807) 5,559 exemplares
The Essays of Elia (1823) 470 exemplares
Illustrated Tales from Shakespeare (1992) 118 exemplares
Ten Tales from Shakespeare (1969) 98 exemplares
The Portable Charles Lamb (1949) 86 exemplares
The Last Essays of Elia (1929) 81 exemplares
Essays (1963) 63 exemplares
The Adventures of Ulysses (1808) 59 exemplares
The works of Charles Lamb (1932) 37 exemplares
Beauty and the Beast (1811) 27 exemplares
Charles Lamb and Elia (1948) 25 exemplares
Shakespeare: Three Stories (1989) 25 exemplares
A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig (1895) 24 exemplares
The Letters of Charles Lamb (1935) 23 exemplares
Favorite tales from Shakespeare (1956) 21 exemplares
Mrs. Leicester's School (1809) 21 exemplares
The Essays of Elia and Eliana (1867) 16 exemplares
Dream Children: A Reverie (1900) 14 exemplares
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1972) 11 exemplares
The Best Letters of Charles Lamb (1892) 10 exemplares
Favorite Tales From Shakespeare (1956) 10 exemplares
Romeo and Juliet (1971) 9 exemplares
Dream children and other essays (1921) 9 exemplares
Poems and Essays (1880) 8 exemplares
Select Essays of Elia (1909) 8 exemplares
The letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb (1975) — Autor — 8 exemplares
The best of Lamb (1914) 8 exemplares
Essays of Elia, First Series (2009) 7 exemplares
LOS CUENTOS DE SHAKESPEARE (2000) 7 exemplares
Poetry for children (1977) 7 exemplares
An Evening with Lamb (1907) 7 exemplares
Letters Of Charles Lamb V1 (1903) 5 exemplares
Lamb and Shakespeare (1920) 5 exemplares
Essays and Sketches 5 exemplares
Essays, Letters, Poems (1953) 5 exemplares
More Tales from Shakespeare (2008) 5 exemplares
Charles Lamb: Essays 4 exemplares
Prince Dorus 4 exemplares
Elia; the Lake English Classics (1911) 3 exemplares
Othello (1999) 3 exemplares
Rosamund Gray (1994) 3 exemplares
Saggi di Elia 3 exemplares
Lamb's Last Essays (1929) 3 exemplares
Charles Lamb's Complete Works (1912) 2 exemplares
Prose & poetry 2 exemplares
Essays and letters 2 exemplares
On country living 2 exemplares
Mfalme Lia (Swahili Edition) (2009) 1 exemplar
The Wine Cellar (2006) 1 exemplar
Commonplace Books 1 exemplar
Charles Lamb on Shakespeare (1978) 1 exemplar
Selected essays 1 exemplar
sus4 1 exemplar
Lamb 1 exemplar
Two Essays of Elia 1 exemplar
Books for children 1 exemplar
Macbeth (1995) 1 exemplar
Works (1932) 1 exemplar
Lamb's Works 1 exemplar
The Wife's Trial 1 exemplar
Selected letters 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Art of the Personal Essay (1994) — Contribuidor — 1,371 exemplares
English Poetry, Volume II: From Collins to Fitzgerald (1910) — Contribuidor — 491 exemplares
English Essays: From Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay (1909) — Contribuidor — 479 exemplares
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Contribuidor — 249 exemplares
A Book of English Essays (1942) — Contribuidor — 242 exemplares
The New Junior Classics Volume 05: Stories That Never Grow Old (1938) — Contribuidor — 210 exemplares
Coleridge's Poetry and Prose [Norton Critical Edition] (2003) — Contribuidor — 198 exemplares
The Standard Book of British and American Verse (1932) — Contribuidor — 114 exemplares
Selected Stories from the 19th Century (2000) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
The Romantics on Shakespeare (1992) — Contribuidor — 37 exemplares
The Genius of the Later English Theater (1962) — Contribuidor — 36 exemplares
The Blue Flower : Best Stories of the Romanticists (1955) — Autor — 19 exemplares
Selected English short stories XIX & XX centuries (1914) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Englische Essays aus drei Jahrhunderten (1980) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Ferdinand Freiligraths Werke - Neue Pracht-Ausgabe (1900) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Outros nomes
Elia
Data de nascimento
1775-02-10
Data de falecimento
1834-12-27
Localização do túmulo
All Saints' Churchyard, Edmonton, UK
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
Crown Office Row, Inner Temple, London, UK
Local de falecimento
Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK
Locais de residência
Crown Office Row, Inner Temple, London, UK
Pentonville, London, England, UK
London, England, UK
Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK
Educação
Christ's Hospital
Ocupações
clerk
essayist
literary critic
letter-writer
poet
Relações
Lamb, Mary (sister)
Lamb, John (father)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (friend)
Fenwick, Eliza (friend)
Organizações
British East India Company

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Charles and Mary Lamb were siblings.

Membros

Críticas

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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gmillar | 15 outras críticas | Dec 29, 2023 |
A classic of Romantic literature little appreciated today
 
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CharlesBoer | 15 outras críticas | May 2, 2023 |
Outstanding illustrations.
 
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Eurekas | 38 outras críticas | Apr 20, 2023 |
Good for children!
Although I found it quite hard to read back in 8th grade. I believe this book should be recommended 10th grade onwards.
 
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Drake.Sully | 38 outras críticas | Apr 18, 2023 |

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Associated Authors

Mary Lamb Author, Editor
William Shakespeare Auteur adapté, Author

Estatísticas

Obras
250
Also by
17
Membros
8,070
Popularidade
#3,001
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
83
ISBN
623
Línguas
22
Marcado como favorito
11

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