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Mrs Leicester's School
Title: Mrs Leicester's School
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London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. (Wells Gardner's Trefoil series), undated. By the brother and sister authors, Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834) and Mary Lamb (1764 -1847), perhaps best known for their 'Tales from Shakespeare' (1807), which was designed to make Shakepeare's works accessible to the young. Charles Lamb was also a poet, playwright and essayist, and author of 'The Adventures of Ulysses' (1808). Despite their literary success the lives of both were overshadowed by mental illness. In 1796, insanity caused Mary Lamb to kill their mother, and her brother devoted the rest of his life to caring for her. 'Mrs Leicester's School', mainly written by Mary Lamb, is a collection of 10 stories, told by the pupils of a school in Hertfordshire.