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A Gift Imprisoned

Matthew Arnold had two lives. In his later years, he was Victorian England\'s best-known social prophet, educational reformer and literary critic. In his youth, he was an impassioned lyric poet, deeply at odds with his damned times. From the very start, however, Arnold viewed his poetry-writing self as irresponsible and delinquent. As the eldest son of Dr Arnold of Rugby, the great shaper of Victorian morality, his destiny - he knew - was inescapable.

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