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Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1775 - 1834

Biography

Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).

Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, and William Hazlitt, Lamb was at the centre of a major literary circle in England. He has been referred to by E. V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as "the most lovable figure in English literature".

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Lamb letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 798900.4
Mss 798900.4
Date(s): Autumn 1798
Scope and Contents

Four page letter from Charles Lamb to Robert Lloyd Lamb who begins his letter by saying that Mary is better. He goes on to philosophise on friendship, showing his own good qualities as he writes.

Charles Lamb letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 827473
Mss 827473
Date(s): 1827-08
Scope and Contents

Letter from Charles Lamb in Enfield to Bernard Barton, in which he announces his intention to collect his verses into a book which became "Album Verses." He asks for a verse he wrote for Lucy Barton's album, as well as an autograph poem (by Barton) for Emma's (Isola) pocket book. (Postmark of Aug.23, 1827)

Charles Lamb letter

 Item 1
Identifier: Mss 830367
Mss 830367
Date(s): 1830-06-17
Scope and Contents

Letter from Charles Lamb in Enfield to Mr. William Hone, Coffee House and Hotel, 13 Gracechurch Street, London: "I hereby impower Matilda Hone to superintend daily the putting into the Twopenny Post The Times...and I do engage to pay William Hone...the sum of $ 1... $1..." After signing, Lamb has written: "Vivant Coffe, Coffee-pot-que."

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