Paradise Lost

A 1667 epic poem in ten books by John Milton retelling humanity's fall from Eden. It opens in Hell, where Satan and his rebel angels, newly cast down from Heaven, plot revenge against God.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic poetry›British and Irish poetry before 1780›Seventeenth-century poetry, 1603 to 1700

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Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic poetry›British and Irish poetry before 1780