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  1. Episode 4

    4/4 Poet Matthew Arnold was also known for his essays discussing new ideas about culture.

  2. Episode 3

    3/4 William Hazlitt was a journalist, critic and republican, renowned for his polemic prose.

  3. Episode 2

    2/4 The essays of English parliamentarian Joseph Addison, born in 1672, are literary gems.

  4. Episode 1

    1/4 English nobleman Francis Bacon is considered to be the father of the English essay.