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Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb - Volume I (Esprios Classics)
2021·418 pages
A collection of personal letters by Charles and Mary Lamb, revealing their lives and thoughts.
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A collection of personal letters by Charles and Mary Lamb, revealing their lives and thoughts.
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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). Charles and Mary both suffered periods of mental illness, and Charles spent six weeks in a psychiatric hospital during 1795. He was, however, already making his name as a poet. Despite Lamb's bouts of melancholia, both he and his sister enjoyed an active and rich...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Brief courtship and unrequited-love references in personal letters
Violence & gore
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Letters discuss Mary stabbing their mother to death in a mad fit
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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Recurring mentions of drinking; Charles Lamb’s fondness for alcohol
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Passing period-typical Christian references
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Light background social commentary of the Romantic era
Self-harm / suicide
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Melancholia, asylum stays, and severe mental-illness episodes discussed
Abuse & suffering
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Family matricide during insanity; ongoing mental-illness suffering
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