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CHARLES LAMB

MAN AND BROTHER FIRST

David Carroll

ISBN 978-1-83574-031-6

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Publication: 28 NOVEMBER 2024
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ISBN: 9781835740316

Price: £11.99
Binding: Paperback
Format: 216 x 138 mm

Extent: 208 pp
Thema: DNC Memoirs

Author location: Dumfriesshire

• This literary biography was inspired by the
authors lifelong affection for the work of
Charles Lamb and the quintessential
'Englishness' of his work.

• Published for the 250th anniversary of Charles
Lamb's birth on the 10th February 2025.

• Author and editor, Geoffrey Handley-Taylor,
wrote “a splendid piece of work [which] stands
out and positively sparkles” on Carroll’s A
Literary Tour of Gloucestershire.

David Carroll has lived in Dumfriesshire since 1987 and is a former Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was a poet, critic and, above all,
civil servant and teacher. Over the past forty years, he has written an essayist of great distinction.
numerous magazine features and sixteen books, including: Leang
through Literature: Writers' Lives in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, As the 250th anniversary of his birth approaches, Charles
A Literary Tour of Gloucestershire , and Edinburgh: Literary Lives Lamb: Man and Brother First tells the story of a man beset
and Landscapes. by domestic responsibilities and family tragedy. He worked
as a clerk at the East India House in the City of London for
most of his adult life. Despite the physical and emotional
demands heaped upon him, he succeeded in carving out a
unique place for himself in English Literature.

This biographical account not only delves into Lamb's
literary accomplishments but also recounts the loving
relationship between a brother and sister who spent their
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