Leicester’s School (1809), and Poetry for Children (1809). They lived together for nearly 40 years, save for Mary’s annual manic episodes, during which she was institutionalized.ĭespite her illness, the siblings developed a collaborative writing relationship and produced many well-known collections of poetry and prose for children, including Tales from Shakespeare (1807), Mrs. Her younger brother Charles, a poet and essayist who worked for the East India Company, agreed to serve as Mary’s caretaker rather than consign her to lifelong institutionalization. She suffered from bipolar disorder and, during an episode in 1796, killed her mother with a kitchen knife.
British Poet and anthologist Mary Lamb worked as a seamstress for 10 years to support her ailing family.
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