Charles Lamb



Charles Lamb

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genre Children's Books, Nonfiction

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Charles Lamb (London, 10 February 1775 – Edmonton, 27 December 1834) was an English essayist with Welsh heritage, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).


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avg rating: 4.01 | 110 ratings | 82 distinct works
More Tales from Shakespeare More Tales from Shakespeare (Penguin Readers, Level 3)
by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Penguin
avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 2000
4 editions
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Tales of Shakespeare Tales of Shakespeare (Puffin Classics)
by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 1994
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Shakespeare for Children Shakespeare for Children (Unabridged Classics)
by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2005
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Essays of Elia Essays of Elia (Sightline Books: the Iowa Series in Literary Nonfiction)
by Charles Lamb
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2003
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Shakespeare für Eilige. Die z... Shakespeare für Eilige. Die zwanzig besten Stücke als Geschichten. (Taschenbuch)
by Mary Lamb, Charles Lamb
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2001
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Tales from Shakespeare: Hamlet Tales from Shakespeare: Hamlet (Tales from Shakespeare)
by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2002
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Tales from Shakespeare Tales from Shakespeare (Hardcover)
by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2002
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Lamb, The Selected Prose of Ch... Lamb, The Selected Prose of Charles (Penguin Classics)
by Charles Lamb
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 1986
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Tales from Shakespeare Tales from Shakespeare (Paperback)
by Charles Lamb, Arthur Rackham
avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1995
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Illustrated Tales From Shakesp... Illustrated Tales From Shakespeare. A Modern Adaptation From the Charles and Mary Lamb Classic (Hardcover)
by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1993
2 editions
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quotes by Charles Lamb

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"I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early."
Charles Lamb
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""Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.""
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"I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes."
Charles Lamb
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