Paradise Lost

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Paradise Lost
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Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout.
The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men." Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Versions of Paradise Lost include:

Manuscript of Book 1
Paradise Lost (1667), first edition
Paradise Lost (1668), first edition with 1668 title page (transcription project)
Paradise Lost (1674), second edition, also the edition most commonly used (transcription project)
Paradise Lost (illustrated by Gustav Doré) (transcription project)
Paradise Lost (1890), a reprint from 1890