Author(s): John Milton; John Leonard (Introduction by, Notes by, Editor); Coralie Bickford-Smith (Illustrator)

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In his epic work Paradise Lost, John Milton seeks "to justify the ways of God to men" through the familiar Christian story of the fall from grace. The poem is imbued with Milton's profoundly individual view of man's place in the universe and his intellectual and spiritual quest for redemption in the face of despair.