Paradise Lost by John Milton

    Paradise Lost by John Milton

   Paradise Lost is the well-known epic by 17th-century English poet John Milton. Published in 1667, the poem tells the story of Satan’s revolt against God, his exclusion from Heaven along with the rest of the rebel angels, and how he tempted Adam and Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit and fall from grace Its sequel, Paradise Regained, tells the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness by Satan and how he resisted the Devil’s blandishments, thus passing on humanity’s behalf the test which Adam and Eve failed.

  Paradise Lost is an epic in every sense of the word: vast and determined in range, powerful and moving in its language, bright in its depiction, its plot taking place inevitably from the first couple’s first bliss to their ultimate tragic fall. Milton’s Satan is one of the most three-dimensional characters in anything I have ever read. As a work of fiction, it is superb.