Project Gutenberg 2005-09-25 Public domain in the USA. 341 Russell, George William Erskine 1853 1919 Russell, G. W. E. (George William Erskine) Russell, George W. E. Matthew Arnold Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Matthew Arnold" by George William Erskine Russell is a literary biography written in the early 20th century. The book explores the life and work of Matthew Arnold, a prominent figure in Victorian literature, focusing on his influence as a critic, poet, and educator. It aims to offer insights into Arnold's character, writings, and the significant impact he had on the intellectual landscape of his time. The opening of the book presents a preface in which the author justifies his undertaking of Arnold's biography, acknowledging that Arnold himself desired to avoid a conventional biography. Instead, the text takes a critical approach, emphasizing Arnold's correspondence and the nuances of his character that have been overlooked in previous analyses. The author introduces Arnold's literary contributions and the complexity of his views on life, education, and literature, while also hinting at Arnold’s personal struggles and relationships, establishing a foundation for understanding the author's critique of sociopolitical and literary issues in the context of Victorian England. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 53.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature Category: Biographies Category: British Literature 438799 2025-06-07T09:14:41.790360 text/html 440470 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 695092 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 806786 2025-06-07T09:14:52.354287 application/epub+zip 811697 2025-06-07T09:14:45.706333 application/epub+zip 235144 2025-06-07T09:14:44.054338 application/epub+zip 976775 2025-06-07T09:14:56.893270 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 952982 2025-06-07T09:14:51.115287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368563 2022-09-08T07:18:11.266885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382788 2025-06-07T09:14:40.844340 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 382645 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 149663 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 382642 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 149588 2020-12-12T13:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20762 2025-06-07T09:14:57.042277 application/rdf+xml 11618 2025-06-07T09:14:44.662326 image/jpeg 3012 2025-06-07T09:14:44.359317 image/jpeg 772771 2025-06-07T09:14:41.869332 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia