She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

Lucas suggests that sometime in 1781 Charles left Mrs. In one famous story Boyer was said to have knocked one of Leigh Hunt's teeth out by throwing a copy of Homer at him from across the room. " The essays "Dream Children" "New Year's Eve" and several others speak of the many years that Lamb spent pursuing his love that ultimately failed.

V. Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare which he produced with his sister Mary Lamb (1764–1847).