ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Charles Lamb, (born Feb. 10, 1775, London, Eng.-died Dec. 27, 1834, Edmonton, Middlesex), English essayist and critic, best known for his Essays of Elia (1823–33).

Detailed explanation-2: -Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, Last Essays of Elia, issued in 1833 by the publisher Edward Moxon. The essays in the collection first began appearing in The London Magazine in 1820 and continued to 1825.

Detailed explanation-3: -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).

Detailed explanation-4: -Only one of the four long essays was good, the one about the roast pig.