Read the following statements carefully and find the correct ones:
- A. Charles Lamb was a lifelong friend of Coleridge and a defender of the poetic creed of Wordsworth.
- B. The London crowd, with its pleasures and occupations, never attracted Charles Lamb.
- C. Charles Lamb gave us the best pen-portraits of Coleridge, Hazlitt, Landor, Hood and many more interesting men and women of his age.
- D. Charles Lamb wrote Essays of Elia, Tales from Shakespeare and The Revolt of the Tartars.
- E. Lamb was especially fond of old writers and was apparently unable to express his new thought without using their old quaint expressions.
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Correct answer: C. A, C and E only
Explanation
B is wrong: Lamb loved London's streets and crowds (see his letter to Wordsworth and 'The Londoner'). D is wrong: The Revolt of the Tartars is by Thomas De Quincey. A, C and E describe Lamb correctly, including his antique style modelled on Burton, Browne and Fuller.
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