Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books |
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User Review - VivalaErin - LibraryThingThe shortest answer is: John Milton was a poetic genius. PL is so beautiful, you can't help but feel for Adam and Eve. Even Satan is a great character - he so wants to be an epic hero. This poem is a masterpiece, and he wrote it completely blind. Beautiful, absolutely amazing. Read full review
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User Review - StefanY - LibraryThingHistorical significance and beautifully descriptive prose aside, I couldn't get into this book at all. Maybe it's too much familiarity with the plot or the inevitability of the impending doom of the ... Read full review
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| Title | Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | A. Donalson, and fold at his shop, 1772 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | Aug 5, 2009 |
| Length | 323 pages |
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