Classic Literature Writer

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Charles Lamb was born in London on February 10, 1775, the son of John lamb, clerk to a barrister of the Inner Temple, where the Lambs had lodgings. Through the influence of his father's employer, the boy was sent to study at Christ's Hospital. Thee, he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who remained his lifelong friend.

Lamb's formal education was terminated at the age of 15 because of the family's lack of fund, but he managed to secure employment as a clerk at the South Sea House and sooner after an even better position at the East India House, where he ended up serving for 23 years. At the age of 50, he retired with a comfortable pension.

Lamb devoted his life to caring for his sister, Mary, who collaborated with him on some of his works, when she wasn't insane. He won the respect of the greatest men of his time: Coleridge, Wordsworth, Southey, Leigh Hunt, Hazlit, Godwin, and DeQuincey.

He managed to weave the stuff of his life into his prose: his childhood, his days at Christ's Hospital, his hours at India House, his daily experiences with Mary, his daydreams and idle hopes, his beloved books, and his friends.