Paradise Lost0: A Poem in Twelve Books. 2 |
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | Paradise Lost0: A Poem in Twelve Books. 2 Volume 2 of English library / Authors in verse |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | Steudel and Keil, 1805 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2016 |
| Length | 211 pages |
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