"Paradise Lost" Book 2003 Milton, John

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MILTON, John

[304] pp.

The Folio Society

2003

Second Printing

12 7/8" x 9 3/4"

Leatherette spine w/ moire silk … Read more MILTON, John

[304] pp.

The Folio Society

2003

Second Printing

12 7/8" x 9 3/4"

Leatherette spine w/ moire silk boards in publisher's pictorial slipcase

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout. It is considered to be Milton's masterpiece, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of all time. The poem concerns the biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. See less