As a neglected little girl, Mary early developed a passion for reading.
Burton, Sarah. A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb. Viking.
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She happily missed all that train of female garniture, which passeth by the name of accomplishments. She was tumbled early ....
Wealth and Poverty
Mary Lamb
Financial disaster struck Mary
and Charles Lamb
and their family when their father's employer, Samuel Salt
of the Inner Temple, the family benefactor, died.
Burton, Sarah. A Double Life: A Biography of Charles and Mary Lamb. Viking.
