Essays of Elia
Publisher: Hesperus Press
Published: June 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781843911739
Subjects: Other prose: 19th century; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; Essays; Literary Collections / Essays
Description: Published under the pseudonym 'Elia,' Charles Lamb's series of essays on subjects ranging from the impressionability of schoolboys to the peculiarity of one's relations, from the pitfalls of lending books to the delights of a roast meal, gained him a devoted following among nineteenth-century readers. By turns witty, insightful, self-deprecating and philosophical, in these essays Lamb offers an unusually warm, human glimpse of life in a circle that included such luminaries as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and William Hazlitt.
Notes: Hesperus Classics.