Paradise Lost

John Milton's towering epic of the fall of humankind, telling of Satan's rebellion, the loss of Eden, and the temptation of Adam and Eve.

At a glance Written in majestic blank verse, it remains one of the supreme achievements of English… Blind and defeated in his political hopes, John Milton set out to compose an epic worthy… Paradise Lost opens not in Eden but in Hell, with a fallen host raising itself from the… What it's about The poem recounts the rebellion of Satan against God, his expulsion from…

The poem recounts the rebellion of Satan against God, his expulsion from Heaven, and his journey to the newly created world, where he sets out to ruin the innocence of Adam and Eve.