Table-Talk · Character
Charles Lamb
Hazlitt's essayist friend, celebrated here as the best company indoors and the worst on a journey, a man whose talk belongs strictly to the table.
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Also known as Lamb, Mr. Lamb, himself
First appearance: On Going a Journey
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Lamb appears as the intimate whose conversation Hazlitt rates above any outdoor scenery, a companion so good at table-talk that he spoils prospects and travel alike. The tension is affectionate and comic: friendship…
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- Friendship
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Character groups
- Literary and Artistic Circle
- Protagonist
- Writers and Thinkers
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