The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2

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This volume contains the work by which Charles Lamb is best known and
upon which his fame will rest—­ Elia and The Last Essays of Elia. 
Although one essay is as early as 1811, and one is perhaps as late as
1832, the book represents the period between 1820 and 1826, when Lamb
was between forty-five and fifty-one.  This was the richest period of
his literary life.