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(On The) Tragedies Of Shakespeare

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Lamb, Charles

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(On The) Tragedies Of Shakespeare

Introductory Note

Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was born in the Temple, London, where his father was a clerk to one of the benchers. He was a schoolmate of Coleridge' s at Christ's Hospital, and shortly after leaving school he entered the Indian House, on the staff of which he worked for thirty-three years. He never married, but lived with his sister Mary as her guardian on account of her inherited tendency to insanity. His friends included (besides Coleridge) Wordsworth, Hunt, Hazlitt, Southey, and many others, and his letters as well as ...

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