24: The Lives and Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb
Please find links to books, articles, and further reading listed below. The digits in brackets following each listing refer to the minute and second they are mentioned. (Episode duration: 43 minutes; 43 seconds)
Books Mentioned
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- An Englishman’s Commonplace Book, Roger Hudson (2:03)
- Charles Lamb, Coleridge and Wordsworth: Reading Friendship in the 1790s, Felicity James is out of print (2:44)
- There have been two editions of the Lambs’ letters: The Letters of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb, ed. Edwin W. Marrs, Jr., 3 vols. [which go up to 1817], Cornell University Press, 1975, and The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, ed. E. V. Lucas, 3 vols., Dent, 1935. Sadly neither is still in print.
- Tales from Shakespeare, Charles and Mary Lamb (14:33)
- Mrs Leicester’s School and Poetry for Children, Charles and Mary Lamb are out of print (14:44)
- Essays of Elia, Charles Lamb is out of print (16:46)
- A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb, Sarah Burton is out of print
- The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel (39:12)
- Ghost Wall, Sarah Moss (41:00)
Related Slightly Foxed Articles
- Streets, Streets, Streets, Felicity James on the letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, Issue 65
- A Delight in Digression, David Spiller on Essays of Elia, Issue 64 (16:46)
Other Links
- The Charles Lamb Society (36:28)Â
Opening music: Preludio from Violin Partita No.3 in E Major by Bach