About this book
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Growing Old by Matthew Arnold. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 17, 2011.
Matthew Arnold was a British poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterized as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. (summary from Wikipedia)
Chapters
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- 1Growing Old - Read by ARR1:35 · read by Anna Roberts
- 2Growing Old - Read by CD1:57 · read by CalmDragon
- 3Growing Old - Read by ETK2:10 · read by Elizabeth Klett
- 4Growing Old - Read by EZWA1:57 · read by Ezwa
- 5Growing Old - Read by GB2:13 · read by Garth Burton
- 6Growing Old - Read by GHS2:20 · read by Algy Pug
- 7Growing Old - Read by JCM1:45 · read by Jason Mills
- 8Growing Old - Read by JM2:17 · read by Jannie Meisberger
- 9Growing Old - Read by JPV1:55 · read by John Veyon
- 10Growing Old - Read by JWG3:01 · read by jwg
- 11Growing Old - Read by LLW2:31 · read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
- 12Growing Old - Read by MEG1:53 · read by Megan Goode
- 13Growing Old - Read by MG2:27 · read by Martin Geeson
- 14Growing Old - Read by MGT2:14 · read by Maria Grazia Tundo
- 15Growing Old - Read by mp2:25 · read by Michael Packard
- 16Growing Old - Read by RN2:13 · read by ravenotation
- 17Growing Old - Read by WT2:02 · read by Winston Tharp
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