British Prose- Unit II- 𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐠
𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐠 -𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐛. 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Charles Lamb, famous under his pseudonym of Elia was born in London in February, 1775. Charles Lamb is entitled to a place as an essayist beside Montaigne, Sir Thomas Browne, Steele and Addison. The work of Charles Lamb took his colour from the personal events of his life. It is inseperable from the circumstances in which it came into being. The first essay in the "Essays of Elia" is called "The south-sea House". 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐠: This essay begins with a Chinese anecdote which describes the orgin of the art of roasting a pig. A swine-herd's cottage accidently caught fire. Being a primitive c