# Paradise Lost

by [John Milton](https://localbooks.app/authors/john-milton)

- Genres: [Poezie narativă](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/narrative-poetry), [Ficțiune biblică](https://localbooks.app/genres/historical-fiction/biblical-fiction)
- Set in: [Raiul](https://localbooks.app/places/afterlife/heaven) (Lumea de dincolo și tărâmuri spirituale, not a real place); [Iadul](https://localbooks.app/places/afterlife/hell) (Lumea de dincolo și tărâmuri spirituale, not a real place); [Garden of Eden, Irak](https://localbooks.app/places/iq/garden-of-eden) (fictional)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1667
- Pages: 333

## Description

Milton's epic poem tells the fall of Satan from heaven, his war against God, and his plan to corrupt the first humans in the Garden of Eden. Dictated after he went blind, it gives the devil some of the best lines in English poetry.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL810991W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Paradise%20Lost)

Read a free sample: https://localbooks.app/books/paradise-lost/read/1 (10 chapters, 79916 words)

Canonical: https://localbooks.app/books/paradise-lost
JSON: https://localbooks.app/api/v1/books/paradise-lost