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Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Charles Lamb
Born: February 10, 1775
Died: December 27, 1834 (aged 59)
Bio: Charles Lamb was an English writer and essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb.
Known for:
- Essays of Elia
- Tales from Shakespeare
- The last essays of Elia
- Letters of Charles Lamb
- A dissertation upon roast pig
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