Elia; and The Last Essays of Elia


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Elia and The Last Essays of Elia are two collections of essays written by Charles Lamb. The essays first began appearing in The London Magazine in 1820 and continued to 1825. They were very popular and were printed in many subsequent editions throughout the nineteenth century. The personal and conversational tone of the essays has charmed many readers.

Lamb himself is the Elia of the collection, and his sister Mary is "Cousin Bridget." Lamb took the name of Elia from an old Italian clerk at the South-Sea House in Lamb's time of employment there; that is, in 1791-1792. Many of these essays contain references to Lamb's contemporaries or events of his day, which may not strike as strong a chord in the heart of the contemporary listener.
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Chapitres

The South-Sea House 22:45 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Oxford in the Vacation 14:11 Lu par KevinS
Christ's Hospital Five and Thirty Years Ago 37:44 Lu par Adrian Stephens
The Two Races of Men 15:56 Lu par Adrian Stephens
New Year's Eve 17:40 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Mrs. Battle's Opinions on Whist 17:24 Lu par Adrian Stephens
A Chapter on Ears 14:35 Lu par Adrian Stephens
All Fools' Day 8:52 Lu par Adrian Stephens
A Quaker's Meeting 13:54 Lu par Sandra Cullum
The Old and the New Schoolmaster 24:55 Lu par Sandra Cullum
Valentine's Day 9:31 Lu par Sandra Cullum
Imperfect Sympathies 21:34 Lu par Sandra Cullum
Witches, and other Night-Fears 18:45 Lu par Sandra Cullum
My Relations 17:48 Lu par Sandra Cullum
Mackery End, in Hertfordshire 12:59 Lu par Sandra Cullum
Modern Gallantry 8:49 Lu par Arden
The Old Benchers of the Inner Temple 30:15 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Grace Before Meat 14:39 Lu par Arden
My First Play 12:31 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Dream-Children; A Reverie 8:54 Lu par Arden
Distant Correspondents 13:01 Lu par Arden
The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers 19:13 Lu par Adrian Stephens
A Complaint of the Decay of Beggars in the Metropolis 20:48 Lu par Adrian Stephens
A Dissertation upon Roast Pig 20:48 Lu par Adrian Stephens
A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People 20:38 Lu par Adrian Stephens
On Some Old Actors 33:40 Lu par Adrian Stephens
On the Artificial Comedy of the Last Century 22:17 Lu par Adrian Stephens
On the Acting of Munden 6:26 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Preface, by a Friend of the late Elia 7:27 Lu par colson
Blakesmoor in H—shire 14:18 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Poor Relations 18:39 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Stage Illusion 7:33 Lu par Arden
To the Shade of Elliston 8:10 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Ellistoniana 14:43 Lu par drwebber
Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading 14:14 Lu par Arden
The Old Margate Hoy 22:11 Lu par Adrian Stephens
The Convalescent 9:18 Lu par Arden
Sanity of True Genius 8:38 Lu par Yaelin Lee
Captain Jackson 11:28 Lu par drwebber
The Superannuated Man 16:14 Lu par Arden
The Genteel Style in Writing 13:53 Lu par Micfairy252
Barbara S— 13:48 Lu par Jennifer Henry
The Tombs in the Abbey 7:00 Lu par weezer
Amicus Redivivus 12:46 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Some Sonnets of Sir Philip Sydney 21:57 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Newspapers Thirty-five Years Ago 17:16 Lu par Arden
Barrenness of the Imaginative Faculty in the Productions of Modern Art 23:54 Lu par Arden
Rejoicings upon the New Year's Coming of Age 12:11 Lu par Arden
The Wedding 16:10 Lu par Paul Harvey
The Child Angel: a Dream 8:29 Lu par Paul Harvey
A Death-Bed 3:36 Lu par RomaSingh
Old China 15:33 Lu par drwebber
Popular Fallacies: Fallacies 1-9 22:59 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Popular Fallacies: Fallaices 10-12 22:57 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Popular Fallacies: Fallacies 13-16 28:26 Lu par Adrian Stephens
On Some of the Old Actors (London Magazine, Feb., 1822) 32:33 Lu par Adrian Stephens
The Old Actors (London Magazine, April, 1822) 31:54 Lu par Matea Bracic
The Old Actors (London Magazine, October, 1822) 15:29 Lu par Matea Bracic