The Lake
Matthew Arnold
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Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues.
He is sometimes called the third great Victorian poet, along with Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning.
This week's poem is the first part of Arnold's Lyric Poem 'Switzerland'. - Summary by Wikipedia (0 hr 15 min)
Chapters
| The Lake - Read by BK | 1:17 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Lake - Read by DCC | 1:07 | Read by Domenica Campbell |
| The Lake - Read by DL | 1:04 | Read by David Lawrence |
| The Lake - Read by EL | 1:01 | Read by Newgatenovelist |
| The Lake - Read by GB | 1:09 | Read by Garth Burton |
| The Lake - Read by GG | 1:16 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| The Lake - Read by IK | 1:03 | Read by Ian King |
| The Lake - Read by JM | 0:56 | Read by J. McDougall |
| The Lake - Read by LAH | 1:03 | Read by Lee Ann Howlett |
| The Lake - Read by LCW | 1:04 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Lake - Read by LLW | 1:12 | Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) |
| The Lake - Read by MAS | 1:07 | Read by Matthew Smith |
| The Lake - Read by MK | 1:13 | Read by Maria Kasper |
| The Lake - Read by SABT | 1:04 | Read by SkyAlbatross |