Charles lamb biography pdf

Asma Neelam Life of Charles Lamb The secret of mastery of Charles Lamb, is hidden in his command over fancying memories from his past. The place and surroundings where Charles lamb spend his boyhood, made a long lasting impression on him.

Lamb was born on 10 February, 1775 and bred up in London. A place called Temple is associated with him, which is an old building used for lawyers. He was the son of John Lamb, a clerk of one of the lawyers, Samuel Salt. He was the youngest of his seven siblings, out of those only three survived infancy.

He spent seven years of his boyhood at Christ’s Hospital, a charity school and before that, he was merely taught at home by his elder sister Mary.

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There, at school, he met another poor neglected boy, whom we know as “Coleridge” and made a strong bond of lifetime friendship. At the age of fourteen, he left school and got his first work as a clerk at South Sea-House followed by a clerkship at famous India House after two years.

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