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The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2
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Title: The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2
Author: Charles Lamb
Release Date: November 30, 2003 [eBook #10343]
Language: English
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THE WORKS OF CHARLES AND MARY LAMB, VOLUME 2
ELIA; and THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA
BY
CHARLES LAMB
EDITED BY
E.V. LUCAS
[Illustration]
WITH A FRONTISPIECE
INTRODUCTION
This volume contains the work by which Charles Lamb is best known and upon which his fame will rest--Elia and The Last Essays of Elia. Although one essay is as early as 1811, and one is perhaps as late as 1832, the book represents the period between 1820 and 1826, when Lamb was between forty-five and fifty-one. This was the richest period of his literary life.
The text of the present volume is that of the first edition of each book--Elia, 1823, and The Last Essays of Elia, 1833. The principal differences between the essays as they were printed in the London Magazine and elsewhere, and as they were revised for book form by their author, are shown in the
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2
by Charles Lamb