In one essay, this author describes a fishpond containing “dace that darted to and fro” and a “great sulky pike hanging midway down the water.” This author notes “she woundeth and excoriateth the lips that approach her—like lovers’ kisses she biteth,” in a mock-heroic evaluation of the taste of pineapple. In arguing that “One would not, like Lear, ‘give everything,’” this author tells of how they regretted giving a beggar a (*) “plum-cake” their aunt made for them. A reverie is interrupted by the declaration, “The children of Alice call Bartrum father,” in this author’s essay “Dream-Children.” This author asks whether it is morally justified to whip an animal to death to improve its flavor at the end of an essay in which the Chinese cowherds Bo-bo and Ho-ti repeatedly burn down their hut to make the title food. For 10 points, name this author, who used the pseudonym Elia to write “A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig.” ■END■
ANSWER: Charles Lamb
<Arya Karthik, British Literature>
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