The Essays of Elia and the Last Essays of Elia

from Laurochka

I was inspired to read this after hearing Charles Lamb mentioned in the "Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society".The essays are necessarily of their time but the wit and observations are still relevant and entertaining!.

from NinaSankovitch

The 19th century was a great century for writers. If I could only bring one century of writing with me to a desert island, I would choose the nineteenth without hesitation. Not only for the literature but for the essays: the essayists of the 19th century were wide-ranging in their interests and w...

from NinaSankovitch

The 19th century was a great century for writers. If I could only bring one century of writing with me to a desert island, I would choose the nineteenth without hesitation. Not only for the literature but for the essays: the essayists of the 19th century were wide-ranging in their interests and w...