Charles Lamb

In her years growing up, SC frequently visited the William WordsworthWordsworth family at Rydal Mount. Her father's home was frequented by notable guests including Francis Jeffrey , Thomas De Quincey , Charles Lamb ,...

CCC was an important early friend of John Keats . He also formed friendships with Leigh Hunt , Douglas Jerrold , Charles and Mary Lamb , and Charles Dickens . Most of these friendships were...

MCC 's parents frequently entertained eminent literary figures in a drawing-room where the paintings were all executed by distinguished friends. At an early age she became acquainted with Charles and Mary Lamb , Leigh Hunt

MCC later remembered her responsibility, when very young, of escorting her two next younger brothers to their school. Unlike them, she began her education at home. She writes fondly about the rich array of...

During her engagement the future MCC travelled to Somerset and other western counties to meet her fiancé's relations. The couple spent their honeymoon at Enfield, Charles Cowden Clarke's birthplace and the scene of...

In addition to meeting Dickens as a result of her theatrical activities, MCC and her husband met William Hazlitt through a shared duty of theatre reviewing, and she became friends with Mary Howitt , and...

Following her marriage on 5 July 1828, MCC was determined to earn some contribution to our family income. In pursuit of this goal she wrote an essay, My Arm Chair, and submitted it...

MCC wrote a preface for this book, which includes accounts of Keats , Charles and Mary Lamb , Douglas Jerrold , and Dickens .

These verse eulogies or testimonials came from distinguished persons and institutions to whom she had presented copies of her work. It circulated widely: the Dutch poet Constantijn Huygens owned one of her books. During...

Despite her ill health, the couple entertained regularly. Their guests included John Stuart Mill , Henry Taylor , and Leigh Hunt . JWC became especially fond of Hunt and Mill. While in London she...

While in London, TC socialized with John Stuart Mill , Mary and Charles Lamb , Henry Taylor , Sarah Austin and Leigh Hunt .

The Morning Chronicle printed a sonnet by Charles Lamb in praise of Blanch, heroine of SHB 's Country Neighbours.

As well as meeting at Llangollen with Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby (who later talked with high praise of her),MMB acquired a wide acquaintance in London. She became a close friend...

MMB had some kind of general breakdown of health whose beginning Ernest Betham dates to about 1818 (though she seems to have been well when her Vignettes: in Verse appeared this year). Robert Southey reported...

She applied to the Royal Literary Fund for assistance because of her poverty. Her application said she was paying five shillings a week in rent, and could reduce that to two shillings if she was...