Summary: Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Homer, Virgil, and Dante, and sought to create a work of art which fully represented the most basic tenets of the Protestant faith. His work, which was dictated from memory and transcribed by his daughter, remains as one of the most powerful English poems. (Summary by Caeristhiona for Librivox)
This is a recording of the text of Milton’s first edition of 1667, which had ten books, unlike the second edition (1674) which was redivided into twelve books in the manner of Virgil’s Aeneid.
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Total running time: 9 hours, 42 minutes
Paradise Lost: 01 – Book One, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 02 – Book One, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 03 – Book Two, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 04 – Book Two, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 05 – Book Three, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 06 – Book Three, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 07 – Book Four, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 08 – Book Four, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 09 – Book Five, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 10 – Book Five, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 11 – Book Six, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 12 – Book Six, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 13 – Book Seven, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 14 – Book Seven, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 15 – Book Eight, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 16 – Book Eight, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 17 – Book Nine, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 18 – Book Nine, Part 2