Dream Children by Charles Lamb | বাংলা লেকচার | Bengali Lecture

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#Dream_Children

#Charles_Lamb

#CHILDREN love to listen to #stories about their #elders, when they were children; to stretch their #imagination to the conception of a traditionary great-uncle or #granddame, whom they never saw. It was in this spirit that my little ones crept about me the other evening to hear about their great-grandmother Field.


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