Charles Cowden Clarke, English writer and public lecturer. In his twenties he worked as a teacher at his father's school in Enfield, Middlesex. During this time Clarke befriended a young John Keats, and introduced him to the works of the great...
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Charles Cowden Clarke, English writer and public lecturer. In his twenties he worked as a teacher at his father's school in Enfield, Middlesex. During this time Clarke befriended a young John Keats, and introduced him to the works of the great poets. He later moved to London, where he made many friends among the literary set, including William Hazlitt, Charles and Mary Lamb, and Leigh Hunt. Clarke held a long career as a public lecturer on literary subjects, and he and his wife Mary wrote many scholarly works on Shakespeare. · Two manuscript stories, within the Three Eastern Tales manuscript volume : ca. 1880 : in the hand of Mary Cowden Clarke. - "Gentleness is Power, or the Story of Carauza and Aborzuf" : (S'ANA 0178) : 53 leaves. - "The Story of the little Princess Narina and her silver-featherd shoes" : (S'ANA 0179) : 50 leaves. - In contemporary Italian vellum binding with gilt lettering. Shelved as *Pforz B-L 09. The third tale, "Mamillius's Story" (S'ANA 0180) is by Mary Cowden Clarke.
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