- Charles Lamb wrote his essays under the pen-name: Elia.
- Who was Elia under whose name Lamb published his essays? Lamb’s colleague worked with him in The East India House.
- Where was Lamb’s essay first published serially? In London Magazine.
- Lamb suffered from a hereditary disease for some time. What was that disease? A streak of madness.
- Lamb started his career as: A clerk in East India House.
- Lamb did not marry because: He had to maintain his mad sister.
- How did Lamb’s mother die? She was killed by Lamb’s mad sister.
- Lamb loved a woman whom, however, he could not marry, She was: Ann Simmons.
- In which Essay does lamb make an indirect allusion to his frustration in love? Dream Children.
- Who called lamb “gentle-hearted Charles”? Coleridge.
- “It is the man Charles lamb that constitutes the charm of his written words.” Who said this? Canon Ainger.
- Who calls Lamb “One of the best beloved of English authors”? W.H. Hudson.
- Which essay of Lamb is most autobiographical? Bachelor’s Complaint against Married Men.
- Which essay of lamb is most pathetic? Deam Children.
- “We are not of Alice, nor of thee, nor are we children at all!” lines from: Dream Children.
- “The children of Alice can Bartrum father.” This sentence occurs in Lamb’s essay Dream Children, who is Bartrum? The man who married the woman whom Lamb loved.
- Lamb once said, “I am myself the subject of my essay.” What did he mean by this? That his essays are largely autobiographical.
- It is said that Lamb smiled with one eye and wept with the other. What does it mean? That there was a blending of humour and pathos in his essays.
- Lamb’s memory “Will retain its fragrance as long as the best spice expended on the Pharaohs.” Who said this? Robert Southey.
- What is Lamb’s John Woodvil? A tragic play.
- Lamb wrote Tales from Shakespeare in Collaboration with: Mary Lamb.
- Charles Lamb is best known for his: Essays of Elia.
- What is lamb’s Prince Dorus? A fairy tale in verse.
- Which essay is written by Lamb? Christ’s Hospital, Old Chins, Modern Gallantry, Imperfect Sympathies.
