The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb, in Six Volumes. Vol. IV 14+

📗 Biographer E.V. Lucas deemed him the most lovable figure in English literature, but British poet, playwright, and essayist CHARLES LAMB (1774-1834) was unappreciated during his own lifetime. That Lamb is fondly remembered today is partly the result of the six-volume collection of his work edited and annotated by Irish author and critic PERCY HETHRINGTON FITZGERALD (1834-1925) and first published in 1875.Friend to Coleridge and Wordsworth and author of all manner of delightful works from playful verse for children to insightful essays on Elizabethan drama, Lamb is a hidden treasure of English literature, as his entertaining writings reveal. Complete with Fitzgerald's commentary on Lamb's life and legacy, this is a must-read set for lovers of 19th-century English classics.Volume IV includes more of Lamb's humorous and witty "Elia" essays for London Magazine, including:• "The Convalescent"• "Sanity of True Genius"• "The Superannuated Man"• "Newspapers Thirty-Five Years Ago"• "Popular Fallacies"• plus other essays, letters, and the short story "Rosamund Gray."