Paradise Lost (Norton Critical Editions)

from 9days

This is by far my favorite edition of Paradise Lost. Since the text is full of archaic references, understanding what is meant can often be difficult (and result in a lot of trips to reference books). But this edition provides footnotes that explain each reference and allusion, making reading muc...

from wordebeast

The kids never like it when you say you're reading this for class, but actually, tolkien fans should have a blast with it.

from erinjamieson

Books 3, 9-12 are brilliant. This book challenged me and helped me gain maturity as a reader. Even if I read it six more times there would be still so much I wouldn't understand. John Milton (with help from the Holy Spirit) writes an epic poem that stands with the great epic poems of history. Thi...

from WalkerSteven

Paradise Lost has been one of the most challenging yet satisfying reads I have ever experienced. The story is about Satan and his fall from heaven. It goes through his battle with God, his fall into hell, his fellow fallen angels, his journey to Eden, and his corruption of the garden of paradise....

from StefanY

Historical significance and beautifully descriptive prose aside, I couldn't get into this book at all. Maybe it's too much familiarity with the plot or the inevitability of the impending doom of the ending, but I just found my mind wandering throughout reading Paradise Lost and would find that I ...