Choose the correct statements: A. Charles Lamb was a lifelong friend of Coleridge and defender of…
Lamb's friendship with Coleridge and sympathy for Wordsworth, his portraits of contemporaries and fondness for old writers support A,C,E. He loved London, contrary to B.…
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Choose the correct statements:
A. Charles Lamb was a lifelong friend of Coleridge and defender of Wordsworth's poetic creed.
B. London's crowd, pleasures and occupations never attracted Lamb.
C. Lamb gave pen-portraits of Coleridge, Hazlitt, Landor, Hood and others of his age.
D. Lamb wrote Essays of Elia, Tales from Shakespeare and The Revolt of the Tartars.
E. Lamb was especially fond of old writers and used their quaint expressions.
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Correct answer C
Lamb's friendship with Coleridge and sympathy for Wordsworth, his portraits of contemporaries and fondness for old writers support A,C,E. He loved London, contrary to B. Revolt of the Tartars is De Quincey's, making D false.
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