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Elective English–I
Notes • The most famous of these is called “The Londoner” in which Lamb famously derides
the contemporary fascination with nature and the countryside.
3.5 Keywords
Portrayed : Depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature.
Friskings : It is a search of a person’s outer clothing wherein a person runs his
or hands along the outer garments to detect any concealed weapons.
Melancholy looking : Sad or depressed.
3.6 Review Questions
1. Discuss Charles Lamb as an essayist.
2. Why is the essay entitled as ‘Dream Children’.
3. Discuss the role of Grandmother Field. How does Lamb present her before his Dream
Children?
4. What type of the essay is Dream Children? Discuss.
Answers: Self Assessment
1. (i) (a) (ii)(c) (iii)(c) (iv)(c)
3.7 Further Readings
Books Life of Charles Lamb, E.V. Lucas, G.P. Putman and Sons, London, 1905.
Young Charles Lamb, by Winifred Courtney, New York University Press, 1982.
Essays by Charles Lamb.
Online links www.w3.org/WAI/eval/considerations.html
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