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Paradise Lost by John Milton is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Paradise Lost about?
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books, with a total of over ten thousand individual lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification; the majority of the poem was written while Milton was blind, and was transcribed for him.
Who reads Paradise Lost?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- John Milton
- Publisher
- Signet Classic
- Published
- 1667
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Ancient & Classical Poetry, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (58 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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