“All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.”

A fallen angel, banished to the depths of Hell. A pair of innocents, tempted to sin. Vain, prideful, and blinded by ambition, Satan sets out to show that God’s newest creation is weak and disobedient. Stunned by the beauty of the Garden of Eden, he becomes even more determined to corrupt mankind and prove himself the victor in the eternal struggle between darkness and light.

John Milton’s epic poem was first published in 1667 and contains over ten thousand lines of blank verse. A retelling of the Fall of Man, Paradise Lost is the first English-language epic poem and established the poet as one of the best writers of his time.

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