Selected Essays Of Charles Lamb Edited By Rw Jepson

Author : Ernest Dressel North
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330245521
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Selected Essays of Charles Lamb written by Ernest Dressel North and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-27 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Selected Essays of Charles Lamb: Edited, With Introduction and Notes A vast number of young people owe their first introduction to Shakespeare to Charles and Mary Lamb, whose graphic and discriminating "Tales from Shakespeare" have familiarized readers of succeeding generations with the principal dramas of the great master. This indebtedness to Lamb and his sister may well inspire a desire for a more intimate acquaintance with their lives and a more extended study of Lamb's writings. It is with the hope of increasing the regard of such as already partially know him, and of awakening an interest in those to whom he is a stranger, that the editor has prepared the present compilation from Lamb's "Essays." Perhaps nothing would have amused Lamb more than the idea of making selections from his works; but it is due to him to show the many-sided quality of his genius, as well as the conditions and circumstances out of which it was developed. It is impossible to understand Lamb's work thoroughly without a definite knowledge of his life and surroundings. No character study in English literature exceeds his in interest, because his life, his essays, and his letters are inseparably interwoven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.