Edwin Arnold
- Books on site
- 1
- Total words
- 20,296
- Reading time
- 1.1 h
- Years covered
- 1885
- Longest
- The Song Celestial
Sir Edwin Arnold (1832 – 1904) was an English poet and journalist, a Greek and Sanskrit scholar and for many years an editor of the Daily Telegraph. The Light of Asia (1879), a life of the Buddha in verse, made him famous; The Song Celestial (1885) turned the Bhagavad-Gita into English blank verse for readers who had never met the poem, and it was this version that Gandhi, among many others, first read.
1free edition20,296words on site~1.1 hreading time1885years covered
The Song Celestial| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | The Song Celestial | 20,296 | ~1 h |
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