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Mary Lamb
English writer (1764–1847)
For the American textile artist, see Mary Catherine Lamb.
For the fictional cook, see The Holdovers § Cast.
Mary Lamb | |
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Born | (1764-12-03)3 December 1764 London, England |
Died | 20 May 1847(1847-05-20) (aged 82) London, England |
Other names | Sempronia (pen name) |
Occupation(s) | writer, poet |
Notable work | Tales from Shakespeare Mrs. Leicester's School |
Relatives | Charles Lamb (brother) |
Mary Anne Lamb (3 December 1764 – 20 May 1847) was an English writer. She is best known for the collaboration with her brother Charles on the collection Tales from Shakespeare (1807).
Title, Tales from Shakespeare.
Mary suffered from mental illness, and in 1796, aged 31, she stabbed her mother to death during a mental breakdown. She was confined to mental facilities for most of her remaining life. She and Charles presided over a literary circle in London that included the poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleri