HITCHCOCK, Susan Tyler

Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London

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Publisher: Norton

Year: 2005

Format: Hardback

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After killing her mother with a carving knife, Mary Lamb spent the rest of her life in and out of madhouses; yet the crime and its aftermath opened up a new life. Freed to read extensively, she discovered her talent for writing and, with her brother, the essayist Charles Lamb, collaborated on the famous Tales from Shakespeare. This narrative of a nearly forgotten woman is a tapestry of insights into creativity and madness, the changing lives of women, and the redemptive power of the written word. Fine in Fine dustjacket

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