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Unit 8: Charles Lamb-A Bachelors Complaint on the Behaviour of Married ...

8.5 Key-Words Notes

1. Nettle : Irritate or annoy.
2. Protean : Tending or able to change frequently or easily, inconstant.

8.6 Review Questions
1. Explain Charles Lamb’s self revelation.
2. Discuss Lamb’s humour, pathos.
3. Briefly describe Lamb’s A Bachelor Complaint on the Behaviour of Married.
4. What is the theme of essay” a Bachelor’s Complaint of the Behaviour of the Married People” by
Charles Lamb?
Answers: Self-Assessment
1. (i)(b) (ii)(a) (iii)(c) (iv)(b)

8.7 Further Readings

1. Life of Charles Lamb, E.V. Lucas, G.P. Putman and Sons, London, 1905.
2. Young Charles Lamb, by Winifred Courtney, New York University Press, 1982.
3. Essays by Charles Lamb.

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