1854. Part One of Five. English essayist and poet, Charles Lamb (pen name Elia), studied at Christ's Hospital where he formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. When he was twenty years old Lamb suffered a period of insanity. His sister, Mary Ann Lamb, had similar problems and in 1796 murdered her mother in a fit of madness. Mary was confined to an asylum but w...
1854. Part One of Five. English essayist and poet, Charles Lamb (pen name Elia), studied at Christ's Hospital where he formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. When he was twenty years old Lamb suffered a period of insanity. His sister, Mary Ann Lamb, had similar problems and in 1796 murdered her mother in a fit of madness. Mary was confined to an asylum but was eventually released into the care of her brother. Lamb became friends in London with a group of young writers who favored political reform including Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Hazlitt and Leigh Hunt. This volume contains essays, written under his pseudonym Elia, which were originally published individually in London Magazine. The contents include the well-known A Dissertation upon Roast Pig, Dream-Children; a Reverie and more. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
觉得这书就像下午茶。你并不是每天都有时间去喝下午茶,骨瓷茶具,热水,牛奶,柠檬,蜂蜜,糕点地精致小资。然你也不能总把下午在忙碌得感觉不到时间流逝之中用尽。两者都是all in good time。而伊利亚随笔也是,whenever in good time。 或许某日没心情去钻研国际形势世界未...
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2 有用 Bookworm 2006-09-22 11:03:34
One of the best loved English essayists.
0 有用 SunnyHua 2025-12-07 12:11:05 美国
lamb, early london racial logic