The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 - Elia and The Last Essays of Elia

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2, by Charles Lamb, et al, Edited by E. V.LucasThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2Author: Charles LambRelease Date: November 30, 2003 [eBook #10343]Language: EnglishChatacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WORKS OF CHARLES AND MARY LAMB, VOLUME 2***E-text prepared by Keren Vergon, William Flis, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading TeamTHE WORKS OF CHARLES AND MARY LAMB, VOLUME 2ELIA; and THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIABYCHARLES LAMBEDITED BYE.V. LUCAS[Illustration]WITH A FRONTISPIECEINTRODUCTIONThis volume contains the work by which Charles Lamb is best known and upon which his fame will rest—Elia and TheLast Essays of Elia. Although one essay is as early as 1811, and one is perhaps as late as 1832, the book representsthe period between 1820 and 1826, when Lamb was between forty-five and fifty-one. This was the richest period of hisliterary life.The text of the present volume is that of the first edition of each book—Elia, 1823, and The Last Essays of Elia, 1833.The principal differences between the essays as they were printed in the London Magazine and elsewhere, and ...