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‘Writing on One Table’

Charles Lamb's camp, mischievous, melancholic alter ego, Elia, owes much to his sister, Mary, with whom he lived for forty years, absorbing her "rambling chat."

‘Writing on One Table’

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Charles Lamb's camp, mischievous, melancholic alter ego, Elia, owes much to his sister, Mary, with whom he lived for forty years, absorbing her "rambling chat."

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Charles Lamb's camp, mischievous, melancholic alter ego, Elia, owes much to his sister, Mary, with whom he lived for forty years, absorbing her "rambling chat."

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