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In it john milton seeks to justify the ways of god to men through relating the story of satans rebellion in heaven, the deception and fall of man, and the presaged event of redemption through jesus, the son of godthe second adam. Paradise lost john milton this ebook is designed and published by planet pdf. Paradise lost by john milton in chm, fb2, txt download ebook. The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. The entire work, consisting of nearly ten thousand individual lines of blank verse was dictated by milton from memory, to a series of scribes. Choose the part of paradise lost which you want to read from the table of contents to get started.
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Shot after us in storm, oreblown hath laid the fiery surge, that from the precipice of heavn receivd us falling, and the thunder, wingd with red lightning and impetuous rage, 175 perhaps hath spent his shafts, and ceases now. Paradise lost is the first epic of english literature written in the classical style. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The first edition of the novel was published in 1644, and was written by john milton.
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