Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by John Milton

Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by John Milton

This book contains John Milton's poetical works, with line numbers and footnotes. This includes Paradise lost, Paradise Regain'd and Sampson Agonistes as well as forty-nine other works. Most famous of these is Paradise Lost which is the Epic Poem by Milton, considered to be one of the greatest literary works in the English language. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books, containing over ten thousand lines of verse. The poem brings to life the story in Genesis about the Fall of Man and subsequent expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton states that his purpose in writing the poem is to justify the ways of God to men.

Born in London in 1608, John Milton was an English poet, historian and civil servant who served under Oliver Cromwell for the Commonwealth of England. He is best known for his 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, which tells the biblical story of the fall of man.

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ISBN 13	9780007902101
ISBN 10	0007902107
Title	Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
Author	John Milton
Series	Collins Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2011-10-01
Number of pages	416
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