WRITER

Mary Lamb

1764 - 1847

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Mary Anne Lamb (3 December 1764 – 20 May 1847) was an English writer. She is best known for the collaboration with her brother Charles on the collection Tales from Shakespeare (1807). Mary suffered from mental illness, and in 1796, aged 31, she stabbed her mother to death during a mental breakdown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Lamb has received more than 231,724 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mary Lamb is the 6,216th most popular writer (down from 5,719th in 2019), the 5,222nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,001st in 2019) and the 590th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Tales from Shakespeare [20 tales]
Adaptations, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, adaptations, Juvenile literature
Contains 20 adaptations from Shakespeare; The Tempest (Mary Lamb) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mary Lamb) The Winter's Tale (Mary Lamb) Much Ado About Nothing (Mary Lamb) As You Like It (Mary Lamb) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Mary Lamb) The Merchant of Venice (Mary Lamb) Cymbeline (Mary Lamb) King Lear (Charles Lamb) Macbeth (Charles Lamb) All's Well That Ends Well (Mary Lamb) The Taming of the Shrew (Mary Lamb) The Comedy of Errors (Mary Lamb) Measure for Measure (Mary Lamb) Twelfth Night (Mary Lamb) Timon of Athens (Charles Lamb) Romeo and Juliet (Charles Lamb) Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Charles Lamb) Othello (Charles Lamb) Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Mary Lamb)
1807
Tales from Shakespeare
Fiction, short stories (single author)
1922
Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century)
American fiction, American Horror tales, American literature
Scott, Sir Walter. The two drovers. Wandering Willie's tale. Lamb, Charles. The witch aunt. Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The snow image. The threefold destiny. [Dr. Heidegger's experiment](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455515W). Howe's masquerade. Disraeli, Benjamin. Ixion in heaven. Poe, E.A. [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W). [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W). [Eleonora](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14937980W). Gaskell, Elizabeth C. The squire's story. Brown, Dr. John. Rab and his friends. Dickens, Charles. The seven poor travellers. Trollope, Anthony. Malachi's cove. Meredith, George. The punishment of Shahpesh, the Persian, on Khipil, the builder. White, W.H. Mr Whittaker's retirement. Morris, William. The story of the unknown church. Garnett, Richard. The dumb oracle. Harte, F.B. Miggles. Tennessee's partner. The Iliad of Sandy Bar. Mliss. Stevenson, R.L. Markheim. Thrawn Janet. Providence and the guitar. Gissing, George. Christopherson. Coleridge, Mary. The king is dead, long live the king. Crackenthorpe, Hubert. Saint-Pé.
1914
Selected English short stories -- XIX & XX centuries
American Short stories, English Short stories
1921
Almost Home
Fiction, Romance, American Love stories
Old flames reignite and new passions burn when lovers follow their hearts back to the place they once called home. . ."Whale Island" by Cathy LambFamily secrets and imposing friends are making Chalese feel like an outsider in her very own home on beautiful Whale Island. But it's only when a shocking revelation makes her feel truly lost that she opens her heart to the possibilities the past offers--including a chance at love with the last man she expected. . ."Queen Of Hearts" by Judy DuarteHer high school reunion is coming up, and advice columnist Jenn Kramer couldn't be dreading it more--until she lays eyes on Marcos. Jenn hardly noticed him when they were kids, but now he's all grown up. . . and how deliciously he's changed. . . "The Honeymoon House" by Mary CarterIt doesn't get more romantic than Andy Beck's cottage on Martha's Vineyard. But love is the last thing on his mind--he just wants to get the cottage ready for his best friend's honeymoon. At least that's the plan, until he finds the gorgeous Maid of Honor ransacking his house--in the most irresistible way. . ."The Marrying Kind" by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie MacomberHigh school sweethearts Katie and Jason haven't seen each other in ten years--and now she's walked back into his life. With one look, the love they shared comes flooding back--only now the odds seem stacked against them. But when something's meant to be, all bets are off. . .
2009
Tales from Shakespeare
1918

Page views of Mary Lambs by language

Over the past year Mary Lamb has had the most page views in the with 30,329 views, followed by Spanish (1,349), and Chinese (1,292). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (132.59%), Catalan (72.31%), and Arabic (49.02%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mary Lamb ranks 6,216 out of 7,302. Before her are Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Cynthia Ozick, Mikhail Gurevich, China Miéville, R. D. Blackmore, and Nahum Tate. After her are Lawrence Venuti, Max Hastings, George Alec Effinger, N. Scott Momaday, Cecily von Ziegesar, and Olivier Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Mary Lamb ranks 35. Before her are John Mawe, William Pinkney, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Carl Fredrik Fallén, and Johann Wilhelm Meigen.  Among people deceased in 1847, Mary Lamb ranks 46. Before her are Henri Dutrochet, Vicente Rocafuerte, Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Grace Aguilar, Luis José de Orbegoso, and Manuel Menéndez. After her is Thomas Chalmers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Lamb ranks 5,222 out of 8,785. Before her are Basil Heatley (1933), Kenny Acheson (1957), China Miéville (1972), R. D. Blackmore (1825), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), and Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893). After her are John Cannon (1933), Charles Lapworth (1842), Lionel Jeffries (1926), Archie Scott Brown (1927), Nick Frost (1972), and John Nunn (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Mary Lamb ranks 590. Before her are John Barbour (1316), Dafydd ap Gwilym (1320), Bernice Rubens (1923), Brian Jacques (1939), China Miéville (1972), and R. D. Blackmore (1825). After her are Max Hastings (1945), Thomas Hughes (1822), Ronald Firbank (1886), Dan Abnett (1965), William Empson (1906), and Barbara Pym (1913).

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