# Paradise Lost

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

- Genres: [叙事诗](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/narrative-poetry), [圣经题材小说](https://localbooks.app/genres/historical-fiction/biblical-fiction)
- Set in: [天堂](https://localbooks.app/places/afterlife/heaven) (来世与灵界, not a real place); [地狱](https://localbooks.app/places/afterlife/hell) (来世与灵界, not a real place); [Garden of Eden, 伊拉克](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)

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